My friend is in court today for driving offences. If she gets a prison sentence will she have to go straight away, like that minute. Or does she go home and get given a date?
I always thought you would go straight down, but that Paris Hilton thing got me thinking, as shes been given a date.
I'm in the UK.
2007-05-21 23:30:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
You go straight to jail. If she is given a suspended sentence then she will only go to jail if she commits another offence.
2007-05-21 23:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by tempest 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're in UK, a prison sentence for driving offences is very unlikely unless your friend is a habitual offender or else he caused a fatal accident and left the scene. Otherwise, he will get points on his license and a fine. In UK, if you are given a custodial sentence, you have to go that minute - even if it means losing all your possessions (left in my unattended council flat) as a result as happened to me. I was not expecting a conviction because I had drugs planted in my luggage in Jamaica and I was therefore innocent of the charge of "being KNOWINGLY concerned ...". But I was convicted and lost everything
2007-05-22 06:38:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL, sorry I had to laugh. Trust me, she'll get off easy. My ex-boyfriend has about 85 criminal cases, mostly are small stupid stuff but lately he's been stealing cars, etc. The most they ever give him is about 3 months in the county jail.
If he can be so stupid and get away with all that, you're friend will surely get away with at worst, perhaps a small fine and a day in jail.
BTW: The only time you go to prison is if you have a sentence of a year or longer.
Oops, I didn't notice you're in the UK. I'm just talking about Washington, USA
2007-05-22 06:39:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You don't go straight to jail, if you are not a 'flight risk' and have special reasons youe can sometimes be alowd home.
But mostly they hold you for a while whilst everthing is sorted
2007-05-22 06:35:59 · answer #4 · answered by ben_m_g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The penalty of imprisonment will send the convict to the jail and there is no time to go home.
2007-05-22 06:34:40 · answer #5 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you go down straight away unless you are a celebrity millionaire heiress
2007-05-22 06:34:52 · answer #6 · answered by SteveT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Straight away in normal circumstances - don't base your fact on US cases - they operate differently over there
2007-05-22 06:35:03 · answer #7 · answered by jamand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think you can go to prison in the UK at the moment.
I think the last prison space was taken about a month ago.
2007-05-22 06:39:38 · answer #8 · answered by Icarus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the uk it's straight down I'm affraid. its to stop bail jumpers.
2007-05-22 06:36:45 · answer #9 · answered by M1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
unless your friends rich, she's probably going straight to jail. no prison unless she's up on her third or fourth drunk driving offense
2007-05-22 06:34:55 · answer #10 · answered by David S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋