Fresno, CA asked in Criminal Law and Civil Rights for California

Q: someone pretended to be me and waived my right to be present in court infront of judge...pls look into details

feb+10court dates waiver expired someone appeared on video conference claimed to be me and waived my right to be present in court infront of a judge i didnt gave no one permission to do this and no one asked me for my permission to do this as well and later that afternoon pd called me and advised me of next coury date +10court dates and never mentioned this to me so i asked pd who was the one who appeared via video conference and waived my rights to be present because im sure it aint me and i told pd that i just learned my time waiver was only up to wednesday and its now thursday waiver expired the court should have dismissed it today by fefault but my main concern was why did pd allow someone that aint me pretended to be me and waived my right to be present. i never gave my permission and no one asked my permission to do such a thing pd just told me to attend my next court date and hanged up on me...what should i do? i dont think the judge didnt notice that waiver expired already...

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Dale S. Gribow
Dale S. Gribow
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  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Palm Desert, CA
  • Licensed in California

A: ask your lawyer.

i bet s/he made the appearance.

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