Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

2 People 1 Crime

My brother got his picture on my license and recived 4 different summons for traffic violations in my name. He appealed these charges to the Circuit Court and never showed up for the court date. I had a warrent issued for my arrest but called and had the warrent recended and a show cause order was issued (I currently live in Ohio while the crime occured in Virginia). After contacting the arresting officer he went to the Forgery division and they arrested my brother on a forgery charge. My question is can the Commonwealth of Virginia still proceed with my case on the tickets after they arrested my brother for forgery of a public document (obviously if he forged the summons he committed the offense) or can a lawyer go to the proscuting att. and have the charges dismissed. What Virginia or Federal laws apply to this?


Asked on 6/27/02, 2:13 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: 2 People 1 Crime

If a Rule To Show Cause is now pending against

you and you fail to appear for your scheduled court date, a warrant will most likely reissue for your arrest. In order to forestall this unhappy occurrence, you might wish to write a letter of explanation to the court that's handling the matter with a copy to the

Commonwealth's Attorney, and, perhaps, they will agree to drop the matter without requiring

you formally to appear to explain matters.

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Answered on 6/27/02, 4:03 pm


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