Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

My husband got a ticket while fishing a couple of weeks ago. When he called to get an extension to pay it, they told him he had a warrant out for his arrest from 2004. I remember this day he was only 19 and was pulled over for speeding and they found some marijuana in the car not very much it was in a case for cigars is how much it was. He never got arrested but got a speeding ticket. They proceed to tell my husband that the state took this charge over and now has a warrant he is now 24 almost 25 we have children our own family and drugs have not been used since that incident. what is the statue of limitation for this? It has been about over 5 years now. how can we fix this. We do not ant hi to go to jail or get in trouble for something that happened and never happened again 5 years ago! PLEASE help!


Asked on 8/27/09, 2:38 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gordon Fenderson Fenderson Law Firm

The statute is not an issue if you have a warrant out (for example, you cant beat a charge if you just hide and not get arrested for a certain period of time.) Call me for a free consultation. You can probably turn yourself in, as opposed to being caught. The penalties are probably not great considering that he just got a notice to appear.

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Answered on 8/27/09, 3:51 pm


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