Legal Question in Criminal Law in Colorado
can i move to another state when i have a court date in the current state i am living in? any way of transferring the case maybe?
2 Answers from Attorneys
It matters what the court date is for. If you are on bond, you may have agreed, as a condition of your bond, to remain in the state. If you have been sentenced, look at the mittimus order or sentencing order.
You cannot move your case to another state. The courts of the second state have no jurisdiction over crimes that were committed elsewhere. They also lack expertise in the laws of the first state and no interest in enforcing those laws. There is no reason why the second state's taxpayers should pay for a case that belongs in the first state's courts. And the first state is not going to pay to transport, house and feed the lawyers and witnesses just for your convenience.
If the court case results in probation, or if you are later paroled, you may be able to have the supervision transferred to a second state. The case itself, though, will remain where it is.
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