minnieminnie
Junior Member
My boyfriend, who lives in California, was recently involved in a very serious hit and run accident in which he was hit and the other car fled in the middle of the night. Boyfriend is 23 with a drinking problem for 5 years and as a routine test, the cops breathalyzed him. He blew a .31 but was completely coherent because of his tolerance and was NOT the one who caused the accident (they never caught them). He was arrested for the night and released the next morning. However, we believe he had two warrants out for his arrest already (one for failure to appear for a ticket and one for petty theft from a year or two ago). The cops did not mention the warrants at all. His court date is in a week. his lawyer thinks he can have the charges reduced to reckless driving considering he was not the one who caused the accident. also, apparently in the report his BAC is listed as a 0.8?
- is it normal for the cops to not mention his warrants when they arrested him? I thought that was something they checked for when they processed him in jail. is it possible that they're old enough that they went away? should we be concerned that they will come up in court and he will go to jail because of them?
- with and without the warrants, what are his chances of jail time? he has no other convictions, besides the petty theft and a speeding ticket from many years ago.
- will he be able to serve probation in another state? he in unemployed in California and I would like him to move to my state to live with me and get a job here.
- is it normal for the cops to not mention his warrants when they arrested him? I thought that was something they checked for when they processed him in jail. is it possible that they're old enough that they went away? should we be concerned that they will come up in court and he will go to jail because of them?
- with and without the warrants, what are his chances of jail time? he has no other convictions, besides the petty theft and a speeding ticket from many years ago.
- will he be able to serve probation in another state? he in unemployed in California and I would like him to move to my state to live with me and get a job here.