Warrant Lawyer

What is a bench warrant?

California judges issue bench warrants (also known as body attachments) for a number of reasons. The most common is when an accused fails to appear in court (we call this an FTA). A bench warrant may also issue when someone convicted of a crime fails to pay a fine or obey any court order, such as violating probation. Each of these actions on the part of an accused may be considered “contempt of court.”

How do I clear a bench warrant?

When a bench warrant is issued against you, you can expect to be arrested by a law enforcement officer. To avoid being arrested on a bench warrant, you must show up in court and have the warrant recalled. Usually, if the bench warrant is based on a felony criminal charge, you must show up in court personally with your lawyer. If the bench warrant is based on an underlying misdemeanor criminal charge, your lawyer may be able to show up to court and recall the warrant without you present in court.  Go to our Resources page to find out if you have a warrant.

How can a lawyer help me recall my warrant?

You should hire a lawyer to recall your bench warrant for you. A lawyer can find out what courthouse your warrant was issued out of, the day it was issued, for what case it was issued, and how you go about getting it cleared. At Lounsbery Law Office, PC, we are very familiar with each courthouse in San Diego County and know precisely what needs to be done to solve your dilemma. We’ll clear your warrant as fast as possible. In fact, we may even be able to clear your warrant without even seeing a judge.

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When is an arrest warrant issued?

When a law enforcement detective concludes an investigation and believes someone has committed a crime, he may write an affidavit of probable cause to that effect. He or the prosecutor will then present the affidavit to a judge and request that an arrest warrant be issued against the suspect. If a judge signs an arrest warrant, the law enforcement agency must attempt to arrest the suspect.

An arrest warrant must have several key elements to be a lawful and valid warrant. At Lounsbery Law Office, PC, our knowledgeable criminal defense lawyer knows how to attack and defeat an unlawful arrest warrant. Go to our Resources page to find out if there is a warrant out for your arrest.

Can I avoid being arrested on an arrest warrant?

If you are being investigated for a crime, you should hire an experienced criminal defense lawyer immediately. Lounsbery Law Office, PC can help you even if you have not formally been charged or accused of a crime. You must not speak to any law enforcement officer. Your lawyer will speak to law enforcement for you. This is because anything you say can be used against you, but what your lawyer says cannot. A knowledgeable criminal defense attorney serves as a valuable barrier between you and the officer who considers you to be a suspect of a crime.

At Lounbery Law Office, we can contact the detectives and make sure they know that you are represented by legal counsel and that they are not to contact you for any reason. Our aim may be to persuade the law enforcement officer to close the case against you, to proceed with lesser charges, or to not arrest you. We call this “pre-filing” work because it is all done before prosecutors file charges.

If law enforcement officers obtain an arrest warrant, they may choose to arrest you at the most inconvenient times. They will regularly go to people’s homes at 2:00 a.m. when they are most likely to be sleeping, or to people’s college and pull them out of class in front of all the other students, or to people’s places of work and arrest them in front of their co-workers and clients. Law enforcement will attempt to arrest you at a place they know you will be. If the detective insists on arresting you, Lounsbery Law Office, PC can instead schedule a time for you to report to the jail at a specific day and time convenient to you. This is important because it allows you to have a bail bondsman prepared to bail you out of jail the moment you go in, thereby minimizing the amount of time you spend in jail and avoiding any embarrassment you might have otherwise felt.

Lounsbery Law Office, PC has helped countless clients in the past with pre-filing work. We have successfully convinced law enforcement detectives to close their cases and not arrest our clients. We have persuaded prosecutors not to file charges against our clients. We have also convinced prosecutors to drop felony charges in favor of lesser misdemeanor charges. We have done this in many different types of cases, including attempted murder, child molestation, rape, sexual battery, criminal threats, assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, assault and battery, robbery, residential burglary, vandalism, hit and run, and drunk in public. (Past successes do not guarantee future outcomes.)

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Detectives use search warrants when they want to find specific objects at specific places and specific times. In order to acquire a search warrant, a detective must submit an affidavit of probable cause to a judge. The affidavit must include all pertinent information, including information about confidential informants.

If a search warrant was used to build a criminal case against you, you need an experienced an knowledgeable criminal defense law firm that has actually fought against search warrants and won. Lounsbery Law Office, PC is that firm. There are various strategies that can be used to have a judge declare a search warrant to be invalid and unlawful. There are multiple laws, statutes, and cases that your lawyer must be familiar with to stand a chance at helping fight the validity of the search warrant. There are a number of motions your lawyer can file to help defend you.

At Lounsbery Law Office, PC, we are very familiar with search warrant law. We have fought against them and won dismissals of our clients. In order to beat a search warrant, your criminal defense attorney must persuade your judge to declare that another judge (whom your judge is likely to know and be friendly with) issued an unlawful order. At Lounbery Law Office, we are among the elite San Diego lawyers who have actually succeeded. (Past successes do not predict future outcomes.)

If you have questions about an East County San Diego bench warrant, arrest warrant or search warrant, call Lounsbery Law Office, PC. Help us win your case by completing 8 homework assignments. Attorney Tate R. Lounsbery will spend the time to listen to your questions and answer every last one of them. Call us at 619-792-1451 or send us an email.