Chicago, IL asked in Criminal Law for Indiana

Q: Who do I contact to move court dates

My boyfriend is currently incarcerated in Carroll county jail and will be released Wednesday of next week. He has an initial hearing for another case in tippecanoe county on Monday. They are currently not transporting due to covid and the courthouse is closed so he cannot get ahold of them at all and has tried all week. He also hasn’t been appointed a public defender since it’s the initial hearing. The secretary for the local public defender office said the judge doesn’t issue warrants for initial hearings but his lawyer for Carroll county said they would issue a warrant and he would go straight to that jail since he won’t be able to show up for court. What can he do to not get a warrant? He even wrote a letter to the judge explaining that he wouldn’t be able to make it

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Paul Stanko
Paul Stanko
Answered
  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Plymouth, IN
  • Licensed in Indiana

A: Contact me privately. An attorney can efile a Motion to Continue so that he does not fail to appear. I accept criminal cases in Tippecanoe County and can help.

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