Warrant - Warrant Recall
Do You Have a Warrant? Call our Criminal Attorney who can Help You Avoid Going to Jail
Do you or somebody you know have a warrant looming in the back and need to get it taken care of, but may be scared? Well the Orange County Law Offices of Michael L. Guisti want to help you through this difficult time.
The Orange County Law Offices of Michael L. Guisti can help you to deal with your warrant issue because our highly experienced criminal attorneys have successfully represented numerous clients with warrant issues. Our attorneys are specialized in the Orange County local courts in Irvine, Newport Beach, Santa Ana, Fullerton, Costa Mesa, Westminster, Huntington Beach, Anaheim, Tustin and any cities in Orange County, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego.
If you or somebody you know currently has a warrant understand it will not "go away," but rather needs to be taken care of right away. The consequences could be worse if the police find and arrest you, but the criminal defense warrant experts at the Law Offices of Michael L. Guisti can take you directly to the court and ask the judge for bail reduction or to be released on your own recognizance.
The Types of Warrants
Many people think warrants are all the same, however in California they're three different types of warrants.
Bench Warrant
Probably the most common type of warrant is the beach warrant that, according to one Newport Beach criminal defense attorney, are issued for failure to appear in court, failure to pay fines and in domestic violence cases where a defendant/suspect violates a court-issued protective order.
When a bench warrant is issued that authorizes law enforcement to arrest you, keep you in custody until you can see the judge, at which point the judge decides to release you on a warning, or may hold you in custody.
A bench warrant is considered to be an extension of being "in contempt of court." That can result in jail time, more fines, and, depending on the circumstances of your case, a possible DMV license suspension and probation violation.
Arrest Warrant
As one high-profile Santa Ana criminal defense lawyer explains, when law enforcement believes you were/are involved in a crime not witnessed by a police officer they must go to the Orange County District Attorney with evidence and "probable cause" that you committed the crime. Once the DA believes there is "probable cause" the DA takes his case to a judge.
For the judge to accept the DA's case of "probable cause" the judge must believe two things, that a crime has been committed and that you committed the crime. After those two elements are satisfied the judge will issue a warrant for your arrest.
Once issued by the judge the arrest warrant authorizes law enforcement officers to arrest and detain you.
Search Warrant
A search warrant is a warrant that allows law enforcement to search your home, person, business, car or any other place where they have probably cause to believe a crime or crimes has been committed. Our Orange County criminal attorney stresses that police cannot search any other premises or persons not listed in the warrant and any evidence obtained can be thrown out of court.
Obtaining a search warrant is a very similar process to obtaining an arrest warrant as the police go to the DA with their information, and the DA presents their evidence to the judge.
As one Huntington Beach trial lawyer explains, the judge must fulfill two requirements before issuing the search warrant. The first, the judge has probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed, and second, evidence of the crime is likely to be found in the place(s) detailed in the search warrant.
An Irvine criminal defense lawyer at Law Offices of Michael Guisti says if police searched your home or other place pursuant to a search warrant doesn't always mean it will stand up in court as police often provide judges with misleading or incomplete information to obtain a warrant.
Can I Just Turn Myself In?
In the case of a bench or arrest warrant you could turn yourself in, however that could cause more problems, not the least of which is spending time in jail until the judge can see you. With the Orange County Law Offices of Michael L. Guisti our legal experts will not only work with you to resolve your warrant, but we will take you directly to court and work with the judge to have your bail reduced or get you released on your own recognizance.
In the case of a search warrant the legal experts at the Law Offices of Michael L. Guisti can and will challenge the search warrant. Our legal experts will thoroughly study and examine all the evidence and procedures used by Orange County police, and our legal experts will even bring in private investigators to see if the evidence was obtain properly. If the evidence was even the slightest bit obtained illegally that makes the warrant defective, which gets the evidence thrown out of court and the case against you dismissed.
Please, Don't Go at this Alone!
We totally understand this is a difficult, uncertain time for you, but we assure you the Law Offices of Michael L. Guisti will handle your warrant in the best possible ways to reduce your criminal charges or even sometimes to dismiss your case. We will guide you through the legal process, represent you in and out of court, give you all best possible solutions for your case and will do everything possible to make this complicated time much easier for you.
Please, don't go at this alone. Give us a call so we can give you expert legal advice you deserve.
