needshelp2004
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What is the name of your state? California
I need help with an old possession w/intent charge out of the state of Mississippi in 1999. My son in law was pulled over by the Highway Patrol in Mississippi in March of 1999. They found a large amount of Marijuana in the gas tank of the car. He was arrested and charged with Possession w/intent. He posted bail and returned home to the state of Texas. Every month he traveled back to Mississippi to make ALL court appearances until finally the Judge threw the case out on a technicality. He remembers the case VERY well. He returned back home to the state of Texas and in July 2001 was arrested and charged with Possession of a prohibited weapon to which he was sentenced to 2 years in a Texas State Penitentiary. He was paroled in June of 2002 and eventually released from Supervised Parole in July of 2003. He moved to the state of California where he has turned his life around. He has had NO run-ins with the law and become a law abiding citizen and has been gainfully employed for the past 15 months. Every weekend we cross the border into Mexico to go shopping and occasionally have a few drinks. We have NEVER had any problems crossing in or out of the U.S. until December 19, 2004. We were crossing back into the U.S. when he was stopped and arrested on a fugitive warrant out of Mississippi on the possession w/intent charge. He is now sitting in a San Diego jail awaiting extradition. I have made several phone calls to both Texas and Missisippi in an attempt to clear this up and I have so many questions and yet nobody has any answers . Everyone seems to have different information and can't agree upon anything. I would like to find what the statute of limitations on the possession w/intent charge in Mississippi is and find someone who can help us. We are not financially able to hire a lawyer on our own and need help. How could he have done time in a state penitentiary and been released from there and parole if he was a fugitive??? How could he have registered to vote and obtained a drivers license if he was wanted??? He has always used his real name and his SSN# so if he was wanted why didn't they pick him up when he was released from prison or at one of his jobs in the past 6 years??? How were we crossing in and out of the U.S. for the past 15 months without them stopping him if he were a fugitive??? Why has it taken the state of Mississippi 6 years to realize he was wanted and put out a warrant if it's true??? I would appreciate ANY and ALL advice and help. I need help in finding an attorney or someone who will be able to help us clear this up. I don't know where to start or what to do anymore as Mississippi has been NO help at all, they can't explain the discrepancies and I need to find the truth out before he ends up being extradited for no reason. Something's just not right with the whole situation and it doesn't sound right. PLEASE HELP!!!
I need help with an old possession w/intent charge out of the state of Mississippi in 1999. My son in law was pulled over by the Highway Patrol in Mississippi in March of 1999. They found a large amount of Marijuana in the gas tank of the car. He was arrested and charged with Possession w/intent. He posted bail and returned home to the state of Texas. Every month he traveled back to Mississippi to make ALL court appearances until finally the Judge threw the case out on a technicality. He remembers the case VERY well. He returned back home to the state of Texas and in July 2001 was arrested and charged with Possession of a prohibited weapon to which he was sentenced to 2 years in a Texas State Penitentiary. He was paroled in June of 2002 and eventually released from Supervised Parole in July of 2003. He moved to the state of California where he has turned his life around. He has had NO run-ins with the law and become a law abiding citizen and has been gainfully employed for the past 15 months. Every weekend we cross the border into Mexico to go shopping and occasionally have a few drinks. We have NEVER had any problems crossing in or out of the U.S. until December 19, 2004. We were crossing back into the U.S. when he was stopped and arrested on a fugitive warrant out of Mississippi on the possession w/intent charge. He is now sitting in a San Diego jail awaiting extradition. I have made several phone calls to both Texas and Missisippi in an attempt to clear this up and I have so many questions and yet nobody has any answers . Everyone seems to have different information and can't agree upon anything. I would like to find what the statute of limitations on the possession w/intent charge in Mississippi is and find someone who can help us. We are not financially able to hire a lawyer on our own and need help. How could he have done time in a state penitentiary and been released from there and parole if he was a fugitive??? How could he have registered to vote and obtained a drivers license if he was wanted??? He has always used his real name and his SSN# so if he was wanted why didn't they pick him up when he was released from prison or at one of his jobs in the past 6 years??? How were we crossing in and out of the U.S. for the past 15 months without them stopping him if he were a fugitive??? Why has it taken the state of Mississippi 6 years to realize he was wanted and put out a warrant if it's true??? I would appreciate ANY and ALL advice and help. I need help in finding an attorney or someone who will be able to help us clear this up. I don't know where to start or what to do anymore as Mississippi has been NO help at all, they can't explain the discrepancies and I need to find the truth out before he ends up being extradited for no reason. Something's just not right with the whole situation and it doesn't sound right. PLEASE HELP!!!