Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: Warrant in California

Unless you take care of the CA warrant by going to court, yes, you'll be arrested somewhere, sometime, including at court if you just wander in without preparation. If it is a misdemeanor, you can have a local attorney handle it without you appearing personally. If a felony, you have to be in court with your attorney.

IF you can provide proof that you did correct the problem in FLA as agreed in the CA court, then your attorney may be able to get the CA charges 'handled' by a payment of fines for the failure to appear, and get the charges dropped as agreed. No guarantees, since the CA court thinks you 'blew them off', but if your facts show this was actually an innocent mistake, then it might get worked out.

Feel free to contact me for the legal help you'll need, if the case is in SoCal courts.

Re: Warrant in California

The answer is yes. But I can probably have the warrant recalled with proper explanation (assuming you obtained a continuance) and assuming you were in Florida because at the time of your CA court hearing, you were under court order to make court appearaces in Florida.

Re: Warrant in California

I would retain an attorney to go in on my behalf to explain what happened and recall the warrant. If you haven't gotten in trouble since then, there's a good chance the case can still be dismissed. Call an attorney in the area where the charge is pending and get a consultation.