[casedup]

I was recently violated by my po for not paying the fine in a timely manner. My court date is may 1, and she said to make sure I pay the fine before court. I paid it off already, and intend on going. Problem is I have a few outstanding township warrants. Would these come up in county court?

[stevetcg]

Depends on what the warrants are for, but you can pretty much count on it.

[casedup]

They are for traffic violations and minor things. I think when I was in court for the probation I had them and the judge didn't say anything. Do you think they will hold me?

[stevetcg]

Probably not... but if I were you I wouldn't risk it.

[casedup]

Should I get a lawyer for this, or just use the public pretender? I used him last time, and he was OK. The thing that sucks, is I was just about done with probation.
My officer said that if I paid the fine before court (which I did), and reported weekly until court (which I've been doing), she would give me a great reccomendation to the judge.

I really don't want to go to jail. I just got a great job,and my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, so I am taking care of the house now.

[Fr_Chuck]

The real issue problem is that you have local warrants and did not notify your PO of that. While the local warrant may not be entered into the NCIC system ( assuming that is in the US) the not reporting them to your PO is a very serious violation. You will and can get into a lot more trouble by not telling your PO about the traffic issues than the actual traffic issues could ever cause

[casedup]

I understand that, but they are from before I was on probation. So when she says "any new arrests?" I say "no" which is true.

[Fr_Chuck]

Yes, but you do have a outstanding warrant, he should know.

Many will revolk, have you arrested and then worry about asking the questions.