The reason I ask this is because a certain family member of mine whom I'm ashamed to say is once again in jail on, what appears on the sherriff website, to be 6 charges; three misdemeanor and three felony, ALL drug related. The first three have a bond offered, the last three show the bond as denied.
So does this mean that even if the first three were somehow paid, the denial of the last three would keep the person locked up? I just want to make sense of all this. Because this is the fourth time said person was arrested. And I'm wondering if it being the fourth time this has happened that has played a factor in bond being denied. Anyway, I hope someone can help me make sense of all this.
2007-09-24 17:40:28 · 14 answers · asked by Chris 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
You are correct. If bail is denied, he has to stay in jail until the trial is concluded. The JP undoubtedly feels that he may likely try to run away if he's released on bond. I'm sure the multiple arrests played a very important part in the bond decision.
2007-09-24 17:48:03 · answer #1 · answered by Let me steer you 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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The reason I ask this is because a certain family member of mine whom I'm ashamed to say is once again in jail on, what appears on the sherriff website, to be 6 charges; three misdemeanor and three felony, ALL drug related. The first three have a bond offered, the last three show the bond as...
2015-08-06 15:40:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without knowing the exact details of your relatives case, it is impossible to know if the bond denial is permanent or just until he/she sees the judge.
There are several circumstances in which bond is denied permanently but the only one that seems likely to apply is if one of the offenses is actually a parole violation. A parole violation is not a criminal case, so the right to bond does not necessarily apply and the inmate will be in custody until there is a parole hearing.
Excluding parole violations, it is not unusual for a jail to have standardized bonds for misdemeanors but not for felonies. On felonies, the bond needs to be set by the judge. As such, it might be no bond until he/she is brought before the judge (which should be later this week) for a bond hearing.
Even if no bond is set at this time, once an attorney is hired or appointed, they should be able to get a bond set relatively soon (no guarantees that this bond will be affordable without knowing more about the charges).
Obviously, there are a lot of details about the charges (including what state and prior record) that could impact on what the bond will be. If the charges are really serious and there is a bad criminal record, that could lead to a judge denying bond entirely but, for the most part, that is limited to cases with potential life sentences and, even then, most of those cases get a bond, just a very high bond.
If the bond denial is permanent, it does mean that your relative will remain in custody until the trial. But it is more likely that the denial is temporary. However, your relative will remain in custody until they have their trial or they post bond on all of the charges.
2007-09-24 19:43:18 · answer #3 · answered by Tmess2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The court is not required to grant bond on any offense,
This person is stuck in jail. If there is no bond, he cannot bond out. He will be in jail until his trial and for quite some time afterwards.
Since this is the 4th offense, he will almost certainly serve time. The length of the sentence will depend on a number of factors but it will probably be a minimum of 10-15 years.
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2007-09-25 03:49:43 · answer #4 · answered by emt_me911 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some misdemeanor offenses require a bond to be set even if they accompany felony charges. Of course, the judge does not have to grant bail for the felony offenses. So, your family member stays in jail until his trial or another bond hearing is set up and the judge lets him out.
The prosecutor is usually the one who argues against bail for some offenders. Sounds like this guy is a real screw up that they want to keep off the streets.
There are advantages to staying in jail. Three hots and a cot, free (if somewhat dismal) health care, he'll have time to "dry out" and sober up, and usually the time is counted against whatever jail time is imposed by the judge.
2007-09-24 20:51:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When there is multiple charges and the person has to be arrainged for each charge there will be different bonds set for each crime. If the person gets a 1000 bond for a misdemeanor but gets denied bond for a felony charge that person can not get out of jail and it would be senseless to pay the bond for the misdemeanor charge. What is going to happen is that he is going to have a concurrent trial which means that instead of doing some time for each offense they will count the time in jail for the four charges he is being held on. In all reality it would benefit him to stay in jail because by the time he goes to court they will probably give him time served with a few years of probation.
2007-09-24 17:55:54 · answer #6 · answered by Juan 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Denied Meaning
2016-12-18 11:25:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If theres no bond on any of the charges, then no he won't be out anytime soon. He'll have to go before a judge and see what he has to say about changing bond or ordering him held further.
2007-09-24 17:49:00 · answer #8 · answered by columind99 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What Does No Bond Mean
2016-09-28 05:07:16 · answer #9 · answered by oechsle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's exactly what it means. A denial of bond means that the relative is in lockup until the trial and the subsequent sentencing if found guilty.
2007-09-24 17:48:37 · answer #10 · answered by Lex 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋