Will Florida extradite from seattle for 8 worthless checks of 76 dollars each

My son was charged in January of an offense and put in custody. Because he believed he qualified for legal aid he contacted a lawyer who helped him for the bail hearing. End of January he gets a job and therefore does not qualify for legal aid. Shows up feb 25 for first court appearance and the lawyer is there and speaks for him without being retained. We follow her to the room and are told if we want her services we need to sign a form in her office. Because she is there my son feels pressure to sign up with her cause she did help with bail hearing.

Signs up and she wants 2500 up front. He cannot afford it and asks for payment plan of $500 a month till it's paid. Today he wants to cancel cause he has no money and owes all the money he is earning to pay off other debts. Can he cancel her services and just pay for what she has done so far. We haven't even received disclosure yet.

Help?

Hello tile:

He can certainly fire her, but what he's going to owe is murky. He's going to need a lawyer in any case, and she doesn't sound expensive. If he fires her, and the court has determined that he's NOT eligible for legal aid, he's going in there literally defenseless. I wouldn't do that.

Yes. Getting into trouble costs money. I don't know what he's facing, but he's going to pay one way or another.

excon

He's charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell, but he's been researching and looking into help a lot on his own so he thinks working with duty counsel would be enough, I believe he's planning to plead guilty. Also this is in canada and everyone has access to duty counsel especially if they plead guilty and save the courts time and money which would be costly if it went to trial.

Hello again, tile:

Canadian law for convicted drug dealers is probably not as horrendous as in the US. However, even in Canada, there ARE LONG term ramifications for a drug dealing conviction. If he's NOT guilty, he shouldn't plead that way.

excon

He is guilty - he was selling - I don't know if they can prove it but he knows in his heart that he is guilty and deserves the punishment... he better learn. I as his mom, have found a treatment place so he can receive counselling and the federal prosecutor says that if he goes there - they will remand the court till he has completed 4 month rehab and then he would probably get probation... not custody

He is guilty - he was selling. I don't know if they can prove it but he knows in his heart that he is guilty and deserves the punishment. I have found a treatment place for him and the federal prosecutor said to me on the phone that if he goes there they can remand the court date for 4 months while he goes there and then if he completes it successfully he would most likely get probation only, if he pleads guilty

If the Attorney accomplished ANYTHING on your son's behalf it is my feeling that he is going to owe her the retainer - and I'm not saying she won't juggle figures in order to do that.

I would not go into a case involving possession with intent without an Attorney.

Would Florida extradite from seattle on a 3rd degree felony warrant for 900 hundred dollars in worthless checks

Would Florida extradite from seattle 3rd degree felony warrant

Probably not but the person will be detained in jail while Florida is contacted and decide if they want him or not. In the meantime the person can wait several weeks until Florida gets around to answering.

By the way, warrants never expire so expect to keep being detained for weeks at a time by the police if in a traffic stop or going down to the DMV to get a driver's license.

Possibly. But the person will sit in jail for several weeks until Florida decides if they want him or not. Felony 3's are 50/50 as far as extraditing is concerned. It's all up to Florida if they want the person bad enough.

By the way, warrants never expire so expect to be detained in jail if caught during a traffic stop or you go down to the DMV for a driver's license.

Thanks for the advice; he decided to keep the lawyer

I live in seattle have a 3rd degree felony warrant in Florida for 900 hundred dollars in worthless checks would extradite me back to Florida

How many times are you going to ask the same question? Already answered your other posts regarding extradition. Are you trying to get someone here to say, hey, it's okay they're not going to extradite you for writing a bunch of bad checks? This is not that kind of site. Sorry.

Being guilty and proving you are guilty are too different things. Many guiilty people get off every day. That is what the lawyer does. And/or the lawyer works out a deal that you can not really do without that attorney.

Also 2500 is cheat ( at least here in the US) about 1/2 of what I ever here as payment for a criminal charge

They can or they may detain and then release. But the warrant stays active and you can be detained evertime they find you.

Please, there were at least 4 threads about the same or similar issues. They have been combined, which sadly makes things somewhat confused at times