Legal Question in Criminal Law in Kentucky

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The first thing to do is call the District Court Clerk in the county where these charges occured. In most of the cases, there is a "quick-fix" to the solution. I would think that with 3 months service that a lot of things were (or could be ) taken care of. I am a an Assistant County Attorney and I would think that there is a solution here. There would be no extradition on these misdemeanor charges but it is important that you find out what is going on and take care of it. These things are going to keep showing up until resolved by some sort of order especially at times, like now, when you do not need it to. In a lot of situations, there was an administrative situation that can be cured.

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first, do not wait on this. The sooner you take care of it the better. Second, relax, most states do not extradite on DWIs. I can't say for KY in particular. The warrant can affect you in a lot other ways though. Contact the court that issued the warrant and find out their process for getting a public defender. The public defender is free and can save you a trip back to KY. Get together documentation. Get school records, employment records, housing records (lease) and any letters of reference/character from family friends that you can get. These letters want to address how you had to leave KY to get away from the negative influences in your life. The letters should talk about how much better you are doing now.

If you can, get together financial documents showing housing and utility bills verses paychecks to explain why you haven't paid your fine yet. If you do a good job of getting this all together the judge might just drop your fine and close your case. Contact me directly if you have more questions.