Legal Question in Criminal Law in Minnesota

Re: arrest warrants

It depends what you mean by "worse." Being arrested in another state is going be worse, since the person may be held there for some time.

The Minnesota case won't get any worse, might even get better -- except conditions of pretrial release would likely be worse, i.e. higher bail requirement.

If the person has no priors, I have often been able to get an outcome which can be ultimately free of conviction, after a probationary period. Therefore, in the typical first time 5th degree drug case with no priors, it makes sense to go to court ASAP to try to get that kind of good outcome.

Re: arrest warrants

It certainly complicates matters and the individual is likely to spend a significant amount of time in jail on the warrant hold while arrangements are made to transport him/her to Minnesota.

It does not make the underlying case any worse. But the failure to appear would certainly inspire the prosecutor to seek a much higher bail amount before the defendant could be released since that person is a proven flight risk

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