Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania
unjustly arrested
If you had a bech warrant out on you and you weren't adviced by your Parole officer about a court hearing ,is there anything you can do about it legally
Asked on 1/12/07, 9:05 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Brian Zeiger
Levin & Zeiger LLP
Re: unjustly arrested
On every criminal court hearing there needs to be 'good service.' each county in pa describes or thinks about this in a different way. Good service could be a subpoena or a letter. If there is no could service then the bench warrant is 'non-willful,' and the judge should not punish the person unless they have a long history of bench warrants. The normal bench warrant we hear about is a 'willful' bench warrant and that is when the defendant gets in trouble. Feel free to email if I didn't answer your question. Good luck.
Answered on 1/12/07, 9:52 am