CONCERNING PUBLIC RECORDS- (question should be ask my law officials-Serious answers only please?

Question

Okay-last year of Oct 2006 I was caught drinking and driving-one of my friends also was drinking and driving, and in top of that the cop that pulled us over found some weed that we both have. (YES I did spent 2 nights in jail) The
thing is that I have been in court for 2 times already because they keep resetting my court date-the first time they resetted my court date was because i didn't have a lawyer nor a court appointed lawyer so the judge resetted my court date- The second round of going to court because of my resetted date; I couldn't make it due to i was registerating for my classes that day and so i contacted my attorney and we have another reset court date in the next couple of months. My question is will this incident be in my public records even though I technically haven't been in court for the court hasn't technically given me the guilty statement nor even the court costs/probation stuff to come/ and the fines?

Answer 1

Continuances in DWI cases are the norm. A conviction will not show up on your record unless you actually get convicted. Are you asking about your driving record for Insurance purposes? Because the Driver Control people in your state already know you got a DWI, but until there's a conviction your insurance company won't know.

So, I guess it depends on what 'public records' you are referring to. If you get pulled over again the cop will know that you have been charged with DWI and he will know that you haven't been convicted. It depends on the public record.

Answer 2

Probably not the re-setting of your court dates. This is something that happens, for various reasons, what will be a matter of public record is the DUI, and the having a controlled substance.

Answer 3

Anytime you are arrested it goes in the public records unless you are a minor.

Answer 4

Your arrest, if you live in the US is on your record.

Answer 5

Any arrest is automatically 'on your record'.