Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

Is it legally possible

If a person is included in a indictment, by a count of one of the parties, as having knowledge,of one of the charges/count of them intending to distribute. After proceeding of court the count that included this person was dropped, and this was the only way of being included. Yet this person was never notified by court to come before court, without being notified can a warrant for arrest be issued.

This person never been lockup, or never had any criminal history. Not even for this case found to exist have a arrest been made. Is it possible for a warrant to be issued when no crime observed or any criminal conduct known, just the injection into a indictment of having knowledge of another person conduct which was dropped.


Asked on 11/24/07, 8:01 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Christopher Hoyt The Law Offices of Christopher W. Hoyt

Re: Is it legally possible

You can be charged in an indictment with crimes even though you have not yet been arrested. Once you are indicted then a warrant is issued for your arrest. If all the counts in the indictment that you were named in are dropped then you will still want to confirm that the warrant initially issued for you is cleared. Sometimes they forget to remove a warrant from the system, which can result in your being arrested at a later date. Please feel free to contact my office if we may be of any assistance.

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Answered on 11/25/07, 4:50 pm


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