Legal Question in Criminal Law in Kentucky

Revocation

I have a nephew that was on probation for a drug charge. My

nephew's probation was recently revoked. The judge ruled that he

was to go into an inpatient drug rehabilitation rather than

sentenced to prison. Immediately following that ruling, he was

then served with arrests warrants for bad checks from another

county. At the time the warrants were issued, he was in jail, and

couldn't appear and make restitution for the checks... what

happens next.

Will the warrants for the checks cancel out the judge's ruling for

treatment. Will he have to appear in front of the judge who issued

the bad check warrants.

Why couldn't all of these charges, issues be looked at

concurrently?


Asked on 2/28/03, 4:37 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Philip Owens Philip M. Owens, Attorney at Law

Re: Revocation

Separate charges are dealt with separately, especially in different jurisdictions. Everything will depend on the prosecutor and how he/she wishes to proceed. Your nephew will have to face the check charges. This does not cancel out the judge's treatment order but may delay it. Again it depends on how the "Check" prosecutor wants to proceed. In any case, his attorney will handle all of this. It is not uncommon for persons having drug related charges to have check charges from different jurisdictions.

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Answered on 2/28/03, 8:29 pm


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