Q: I was pulled over and charged with possession of meth and paraphenelia.I was o rd on court compliance.However in a mixup
And mis understanding of times I ended up missing my preliminary hearing, when I realized my mistake I called the public defender and she told me to go test and then go to the jail and turn myself in and spend the weekend in jail. I did proceed to go test for court compliance however I did not turn myself in, this was this last Friday.I would just like some advice on what to do from this moment on and how I Should proceed. My understanding is there is a warrant out for failure to appear.
A: My advice would have been EXACTLY what your Public Defender told you. Now the warrant may be 10x higher than it would have been had you turned yourself in like you had been advised.
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