My friend has a bail that is set for $75,000 but he wont say what he did and he claims he dosent know how long he has. Does anyone how many years goes with the fine?
2006-09-12 11:17:21 · 14 answers · asked by boo 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I had $100,000 bail last year but I received no sentence other than time served plus 2 years probation before judgment. I had 12 counts which were reduced to 6 and I pled guilty to one. My bail bondsman charged me a 10% fee - or $10,000. My parents paid $1,900 and I've paid $2,300 so far - leaving me a balance of $5,800. I have an understanding bail bondsman who allows me to pay on installments without any consequences.
If your friend has drug charges or other violent charges pending, the sentence is a function of his past criminal history. Wait to see what happens in court - but the bail does not factor into the sentence as the other posters already told you.
2006-09-12 15:12:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-06-04 04:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by Lillie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, bail is not a fine. Bail is a surety or Bond you pay to the court to make sure you come back to finish the case. If you fail to appear in court your bail/bond may be forfeited. This is what incites bail bondsmen to break into your house in the middle of the night and drag you to court. You pay the bail bondsman 10% - 20% of your total bond (in your friend's case $750 - $1500) and he posts the rest with the promise to the court that he will make sure you appear. If you don't and the bond is forfeited the bondsman has to pay the court the remaining $73,500. See why they're so mad all the time?
Bail is determined by three factors (generally): The offense committed, the risk of your fleeing, and the risk you pose to the victim or the community at large. Obviously, the bigger bail, the worse the offense, or the greater risk of fleeing the defendant poses. You can ask the court what he is charged with. Most criminal charges and arrest records are public information.
2006-09-12 11:40:19 · answer #3 · answered by shomechely 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What amazes me here is the question:
If the bail is.... how many years in prison do they have or will get.
HELLO all, innocent until proven guilty
He may not get any prison time. Of course he "doesn't know how long he has."
Sounds to me like he hasn't even gone to court yet. If he had been found guilty and sentenced he wouldn't be out on bail.
2006-09-12 12:51:05 · answer #4 · answered by ebosgramma 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bail is set to provide a financial incentive so that the person returns to trial. Bail is based on the person's financial ability to pay, and the likelihood that they would attempt to flee rather than go to court.
The bail amount has very little to do with the possible prison sentence, except as described above.
2006-09-12 11:19:28 · answer #5 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Bail does not determine one's sentence, but instead how much it costs to get him out of judicial custody until the commencement of his trial.
If your friend does not post bail it means he will remained locked up until his trial, at which point his innocence/guilt will be determined followed by the sentence. The formal sentence handed down by the judge is what will determine how long he must ride in jail or prison.
2006-09-12 11:25:58 · answer #6 · answered by Scooter 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it is his bail he only has to pay 10% of $75000 witch is $7500 and he will get out when some one payes it but if it is a fine he will set it out and get paid $60 a day that goes to pay his fine off that the way it is in Nebraska
2006-09-12 11:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by big bear 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No connection between the bail, which is set at the earliest stages of a case, and sentence length, which is determined at the end and usually only after a pre-sentence investigation has been completed.
There is no formula for correlating bail with incarceration lengths........
2006-09-12 11:26:06 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
bail has nothing to do with how many years they will get, it only means how much of a risk they beleive he is. another person may only have 1/2 of that for the same crime, another person may not even get bail.
next bail is not a fine, it is merely money that is promiced for you to appear in court.
2006-09-12 11:20:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bail has nothing to do with a fine or time that would be spent in jail in anyway.
2006-09-12 11:32:30 · answer #10 · answered by bondsman022 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋