Q: when you get arrested in the State of Florida and you are supposed to see the judge in 48 hours what happens if u don'?
I stayed in jail for 9 days and never seen the judge and my roommate stayed in there a month before he ever seen a judge this is in mayo fl
A: It could possibly be a violation of your rights. However, if you took a plea to time served, then it would most likely be no harm, no foul.
A: The first appearance is required to be held withing 48 hours; it can either be in person or via a closed-circuit TV screen. That first appearance may last as little as a minute or two. If you're saying that this didn't occur, your first step is to request copies of your court file (or print those papers from from your local court clerk's website) and your jail booking records (which are likely NOT obtainable on a website, but rather through a written records request). Your second step is to take those papers to an attorney for a consultation. But as Mr. Kollin stated, if you appeared before a judge at some point to accept a deal of credit time served (and you knew full well what the deal consisted of), you'd have nothing to complain of.
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