Dallas, TX asked in Criminal Law for Arkansas

Q: If you were in jail on Dec 5, 2018 in Louisiana and had court in Miller county on Dec 18, 2018 &in Miller county jail

He remained incarceration until Miller county Arkansas just came and got him about 3 weeks ago. He goes to court Tues on the FTA warrant. But Caddo parish sent them a letter of incarsaration showing he was in jail all this time. Can they convict him on this? I read Arkansas code 5-54-120 FTA

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Gary Kollin
Gary Kollin
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  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL

A: He should have an attorney, appointed or retained. Talk to his lawyer

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