AARDVARKEXTRA
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? GA
Don't know if this exactly fits in this forum, but here goes nothing anyway...
A friend of mine, age 19, was arrested for a DUI charge about 8 months ago and was recently convicted. At the time of her arrest, she was given a temporary driver's permit and has been driving with it up until a few weeks ago when she was convicted and had her license suspended for a full year.
However, approximately 6 weeks ago (before the DUI conviction), she was pulled over for an improper lane change and realized that her permit was not in the car. She was cited for both an improper lane change and no-proof of drivers license. She planned on simply paying the fines and being done with it. Unfortunately, she quite simply misread her tickets and missed her court date as of a few days ago, and obviously there is now a bench warrant out for her arrest. We contacted the municipal court, who said that she needed to come down immediately and sit in for a court session, which she plans on doing tomorrow (she will not be driving, of course). She is afraid that due to the fact that there is now a warrant out for her arrest, combined with the fact that these new infractions occured during the time between her DUI arrest and conviction, that she runs a high risk of being taken into custody and incarcerated for a period of time. I believe that she will simply have to wait around for a while, listen to a judge give her some harsh words, and pay her fines and any sort of additional fees she's accrued and this will all be over.
I realize that this varies from situation to situation, but she wants to be prepared for what is likely to happen tomorrow. Any experience/advice to provide in this situation? Thanks in advance.
Don't know if this exactly fits in this forum, but here goes nothing anyway...
A friend of mine, age 19, was arrested for a DUI charge about 8 months ago and was recently convicted. At the time of her arrest, she was given a temporary driver's permit and has been driving with it up until a few weeks ago when she was convicted and had her license suspended for a full year.
However, approximately 6 weeks ago (before the DUI conviction), she was pulled over for an improper lane change and realized that her permit was not in the car. She was cited for both an improper lane change and no-proof of drivers license. She planned on simply paying the fines and being done with it. Unfortunately, she quite simply misread her tickets and missed her court date as of a few days ago, and obviously there is now a bench warrant out for her arrest. We contacted the municipal court, who said that she needed to come down immediately and sit in for a court session, which she plans on doing tomorrow (she will not be driving, of course). She is afraid that due to the fact that there is now a warrant out for her arrest, combined with the fact that these new infractions occured during the time between her DUI arrest and conviction, that she runs a high risk of being taken into custody and incarcerated for a period of time. I believe that she will simply have to wait around for a while, listen to a judge give her some harsh words, and pay her fines and any sort of additional fees she's accrued and this will all be over.
I realize that this varies from situation to situation, but she wants to be prepared for what is likely to happen tomorrow. Any experience/advice to provide in this situation? Thanks in advance.