In Australia, is it possible to have had charges bought against you in a court of law and a subsequent ..?

Question

warrant for your arrest issued if you have not even been into the police station to be questioned?

Answer 1

A warrant of arrest can be issued together with the charges bought against you in the court of law as long as the police have sufficient evidence and witness and interest to prosecute you. Actually lot of times a warrant of arrest is issued before the investigation in the police station for convenient for the police example they suspect you might escape investigation. Another circumstances is the fact that the police unable to locate you and they have no choice but to proceed a charge and warrant against you without notification

Answer 2

Sure can...I am a serving Qld Police officer.

Take the example where an armed robbery has occurred. Footage in the bank shows the face or features (tattoo etc) of the suspect, and fingerprints or DNA at the scene are used to corroborate or back up the identification.

Inquiries can't find the suspect's address or other lines of inquiry fail to find him/her. An arrest warrant can be taken out and filed until the person is located. Then the process continues as normal through the courts.

It doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen. Most times it is for more serious matters. In cases of more minor matters, such as minor assaults, stealings etc, the person would be listed in police systems as wanted for questioning or a person of interest and then spoken to or offered an interview when located.

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

A warrant can be issued against a person even when there was no investigation conducted on him at the Police Headquarters as long as the grounds for the filing of the case was proven to have probable cause to charge a person under applicable provisions of the law.