Legal Question in Criminal Law in Maryland

Person was originally given one weekend to serve at detention center. That weekend Person was in ER. After being released, Person called and spoke to detention center officials, they told Person to fax all ER/hospital documents to district court. Person did so. Following weekend, Person went to detention center to 'make-up' for previous weekend missed. After being released, about a week later, Person found out there was a warrant for his arrest. Person turned themselves in. Person was then seen by a judge and given 9 days to serve at detention center. Given this sentence because detention center officials gave FALSE/WRONG information about where to fax ER/hospital documents. Detention Center completely at fault here. What can be done to benefit Person?


Asked on 11/18/09, 6:55 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Jason Cleckner Law Office of Jason Cleckner, LLC

You should never take legal advice from a non-lawyer. It was very bad advice to simply fax the ER documents without any explanation, because this would be at the least a violation of your probation if not taken care of properly. The person at the detention center could maybe get in trouble for providing legal advice, if that's what they did here. Beyond that, I doubt if you have anything.

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Answered on 11/23/09, 7:08 pm
William Welch William L. Welch, III Attorney

If you still have the proof, then you could move to vacate the finding of contempt or violation of probation for which the 9 days were imposed. Of course, you cannot get the time back, and I doubt that you could recover any money.

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Answered on 11/23/09, 7:11 pm


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