Is there a statute of limitations on felony check fraud,petty theft,and under the influence I did time for all
In 1993 I was conficted of fraud,felonypetty theft,and being under the influence.I was given a 3 year 8 month joint suspended sentence but because it was the first time I had been in trouble I got to do a year in county jail. I got in a fender bender today and the cop ran my name and told me to get out of the car because I was being arrested for a felony warrant. I tried to tell them that the charges they were claiming were old stuff I had done time on. But ya know how they listen to ya WHEN YOU'RE UNDER ARREST. You are pond scum. Frog **** between their toes. EHH I guess they aren't all that bad. I have to go to court aug 28.i'm scared to death their gonna put me in jail for something I already did time on . Thanks to all of you that take the time to answer my question. OH ! If I haven't said it, I am the patient advocate at the Methadone clinic. I was running the "Keys to Recovery" substance abuse group for people that were sentenced to put so many hours in.a big mess.HELP!
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Yes, there is a statute of limitations for all crimes except for murder.
If you have completed all your time you should be okay. Could simply be a clerical error. I had a client that spent 2 yrs in a medium security facility due to a clerical error in the prosecutor's office YUK! Anyway, arm yourself with all your paperwork from your case and call the court where you were adjudicated and your probation/parole officer if you had one. Make sure they have it documented that you have been done with your case and that there were no warrants issued since your case was closed.
It sounds to me like either a clerical error or a warrant for something else. It baffles me why you are asking for help on Yahoo.
Get a lawyer.
well my lawyer would charge me $1000.00 retainer and
$ 125.00 an hour for me to get an answere to this, but hope i can help!
first of all make plenty of phone calls and be polite and tak to them in a respectful dignified bussinesslike manner and ask for the document you need to prove your side of the story,
the clerk of the court shoul have transcripts of the case and whatever rulings that were made.
get copies of everythig you need and more copies, and keep them organized, you need to provide the dates things took place and then show the documents according to that date,
make it look like you know what your doing
courts have a very bad attitude of "well you didnt ask so i didnt tell you attitude"
so act confident and dig for information about yor case, they have to give it to you, but as i said you wont get anything from them without showing them the proper respect!
been there done that!!
good luck!!
here is my guess: With a sentence of 3 years, it was suspended on several conditions. One of the conditions was serving a year in jail. There were other conditions including reporting to a probation officer, making restitution, etc. When you walked away from he jail you didn't do any of those things. Accordingly, the PO filed a report indicating that you had absconded from probation. The court issued a warrant. This does not necessarily mean that you will be sent to prison. Just a guess, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was why the warrant issued.
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