If you commit a crime, say theft over $500.00. You turn yourself in, get released on your own recognizance and your court date was set for Oct 27 2006. You miss this date for whatever reasons.
What usually happens after your no show? A bench warrant is issued? If that is the case, say you go turn yourself in, do they hold you until a new trial date or can you bail yourself out usually?
Please excuse any ignorance, I am in no trouble, but have always wondered what usually happens in cases like this.
if you don’t turn yourself in and just happen to be caught later by the cops or the bondsmen, I would guess: 1) the court would see you as a flight risk and not grant bail; 2) no one would bond you. So, you would have to wait for your trial in the clink. Just my WAG.
Around here, if you’re released on your own recognizance and no show at court, you’ll be rearrested and a bond will be set, unless your attorney can convince the court to recall the warrant and reset your case. If you get rearrested and get a bond set and no show again, you’ll get re-rearrested. You can probably bond out again if you can find a bondsman who will bond you, since the last guy you used might refuse because you’re getting a little flaky about showing. If the judge is particularly peeved with you he might declare your current bond insufficient and raise the amount, meaning it will be more expensive to bond out the second time, maybe even prohibitively so. If you keep doing it or just jump bond and disappear, the judge will eventually lose all patience with you and order a cash bond set and not allow surety bonds. No bondsman will touch this; once you get rearrested you’ll have to come up with the full cash amount yourself (or more accurately, a furious relative will because you’ll be in jail).
Complete denial of bail if much more rare (again, speaking of my own jurisdiction here). It’s only allowed in certain felony prosecutions, and then only if certain conditions exist. It’s much more common to see cash bonds or bonds set higher than a defendant can afford.