Hydesville, CA Criminal Defense Law Firms & Lawyers

Its up to the judge. I would have to examine the family's assets and determine to what capacity the parents are supporting the child. Probably, the court will assign PD.

You don't pay a bench warrant. To handle a warrant properly, you must turn yourself in to the issuing court, with or without an attorney. On felony charges, the defendant must be personally present at every court hearing and appearance. On misdemeanors and infractions, an attorney can appear in court without the defendant being present which is safer and avoids immediately being taken into custody. You'll try to negotiate a recall of the warrant[s] and bail reduction or OR release. You'll try to negotiate a plea bargain on any Failure to Appear charge or probation violation that caused the warrant. You'll try to negotiate a plea bargain or take to trial the outstanding charge that caused the warrant. Effective plea-bargaining, using whatever legal defenses, facts and sympathies there may be, could possibly keep you out of jail/prison, or at least dramatically reduce it, and may enable you to get your probation and programs reinstated. Unless you're competent to effectively represent yourself in court against a professional prosecutor trying to put you in jail, most people hire an attorney who can.

Yes. There is a good possibility that the police are still investigating the crime. Once they have obtained enough info, they turn the case over to the prosecutor, who then decides whether to file charges. If charges are filed, you can be either cited into court by letter notice, or, if the crime is substantial enough, a warrant could issue for your arrest. How much time they have to file depends upon the charges.