Q: My son who doesn’t live in knoxville has a dui charge there. He has a warrant now bc he wasn’t there for court. What now
He is a recovering addict, he needed to get out of Knoxville to change his life for the better or he was going to die. He’s been in trouble before but completed his probation. The dui is from him OD in the car. How can he straighten this up living in another state? He doesn’t have the money to fly back and forth nor do I.
A: He will have to come back to Knox County to face the DUI Charge. I assume it is still at General Sessions. At Court the Warrant would have to be brought in (since he is not on the Docket), him arrested and booked, Bond set and hopefully made (so he could get out of jail), then him and the lawyer prepare for the Preliminary Hearing within a week or two later. Legally it is not that much trouble, and it would be better if he had a Florida DL. With a drug overdose, it is probably impossible to get the DUI dismissed unless the State's Witness never shows up. However the Sentence might not be anymore than the minimum, which would be 48 hrs or 7 days, which might be served immediately or 30 days later. He needs to hire a competent attorney now.
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