Grosse Pointe Park, MI asked in Criminal Law and Animal / Dog Law for Michigan

Q: I'm being summoned to court which is 3 hours away for an arraignment about my dog biting another dog. What should I do?

While out in public, my leashed medium-sized dog got entangled in a crowd, while trying to unentangle him, he attacked a small dog that was being walked toward our direction. My dog hasn't had any issues previously which makes me believe that the little dog did something that my dog reacted to (Big Dog - Little Dog - BDLD). Given the crowd, I didn't exactly see what happened. I'm being summoned to court which is 3 hours away for an arraignment. What should I do?

1 Lawyer Answer
Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
Answered
  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • Licensed in Michigan

A: Hire an attorney in the location of the arraignment. They may be able to arrange for this to be done by zoom or resolve it by some other means.

If this incident happened in your location, I'm unsure how you would be arraigned in a court 3 hours away. You also need to look into that issue: where venue is proper.

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