Q: If an individual is at a sheriffs work program and is caught with a controlled substance, so they get arrested.
The charges they got arrested for were violation of the sheriffs work program. They are not charged with possession of a controlled substance until after being in jail for 3 weeks. And hasn’t went to court the whole 3 weeks they have been in jail. Is there anything wrong with this situation? Did the sheriffs handle everything the way they should have?
A:
much more info needed.
it is complicated b/c of the violation of the work order. Technically it is a violation of the what i assume was a probation period from a conviction or plea.
you should ask the lawyer who handled the underlying case.
they had an obligation to get a defendant to court right away but it sounds like they held off arresting ........is that the case?
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