Legal Question in DUI Law in Maryland

failure to appear/DuI

My husband had a driving while intoxicated back in 10/10/1985, that later insued to a failure to appear.What can be done to clear this matter up?


Asked on 4/25/09, 8:39 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys

Jason Cleckner Law Office of Jason Cleckner, LLC

Re: failure to appear/DuI

He needs to file a motion to recall the warrant and re-set for trial. It is possible that after all this time he may need to post a money bond before the judge will grant the motion.

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Answered on 4/25/09, 8:49 pm

Failure to appear/DuI

It has been my experience that filing a motion on you own to lift the bench warrant on a failure to appear is seldom successful. You should hire a local criminal lawyer, whom will probably have better success.

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Answered on 4/25/09, 11:29 pm


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