The $167 you are looking at is the ten percent option, which is what a bondsman typically requires as their non-refundable fee to post the full $1,700 on his behalf. If you can come up with that amount, a bail bondsman handles the rest and he gets out while his case moves through the courts. If that is not possible and he has to sit it out, the timeline depends entirely on the court's schedule and how backed up
Read moreFor a first offense involving marijuana and paraphernalia, the outlook is generally about as good as it gets in the criminal justice system, and incarceration is often not part of the picture at all. Many jurisdictions have moved toward diversion programs for exactly this type of first-time, low-level drug offense. The most common is a pre-sentence intervention or pretrial diversion program, where the defendant agrees to pay a fine, complete a drug education class over a few days, and
Read moreCommissary is once a week. It typically takes one week before the newer inmates can get commissary. But it is more related to the "day of the week they are designated", for instance if they come into the institution on a Wednesday and the commissary day for him is on Tuesday, then he'll be able to go the next Tuesday. Also, money in their account must be there in advance.
Read moreFor possession of child pornography, house arrest is not a realistic outcome regardless of health status or lack of prior criminal history. Federal law and most state statutes treat child pornography offenses as serious felonies with mandatory minimum sentences that require incarceration. A clean record and genuine remorse factor into sentencing to some degree, but they do not move the needle far enough to result in house arrest on these charges. Judges have very limited discretion to deviate from the
Read moreYes, every day counts, and it counts from the very beginning regardless of where that custody happened. This is called jail credit or presentence credit, and it is applied automatically to the sentence calculation when the judge issues the final order. Any time your person spent in custody before sentencing, whether that was in a county jail waiting for trial, held in another facility on a detainer, or even a brief hold in a different jurisdiction, all of it
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Read moreA Brady violation is one of the stronger grounds for appeal that exists in criminal law, but strong does not mean automatic, and the road from violation to overturn is long and difficult. Brady v. Maryland is the 1963 Supreme Court decision that requires prosecutors to disclose any evidence that is favorable to the defendant and material to guilt or sentencing. That includes exculpatory evidence that could prove innocence and impeachment evidence that could undermine the credibility of witnesses.
Read moreYes, your inmate can write back directly using the return address printed on the InmateAid envelope. That address comes back to InmateAid, not to your home. This is one of the features that a lot of InmateAid members genuinely appreciate, and for good reason. Not everyone is comfortable having their personal home address on file at a correctional facility or visible to anyone who handles the mail inside. Using InmateAid's return address keeps your actual location private while still
Read moreThe answer depends on what triggered that 100% designation, and it is an important distinction. If the 24 months at 100% is tied to a probation or parole violation, it means exactly what it sounds like. He serves every day of that sentence with no good time, no early release, no parole consideration. When the court sees that a previous grant of leniency was not honored, the response is typically to close that door. In that case, yes, January
Read moreAs long as it takes. Detainers are honored by almost all jurisdictions unless it is an ICE issue, then some sanctuary city detention centers will not honor the detainer. If this is not ICE, they will take their sweet time when two officers can travel to pick up their hold.
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