to be more specific about the bench warrent?

Question

it was for not completing of a dui sentence......like money owed or something like that...it wasnt a felony, i dont believe....and it as in idaho....and the case is like 15 or more years old....just curious, but i have recieved answers that probably are right...no statute of limitations...i thought the only thing that there would be no statute of limitations on is murder...

Answer 1

if you haven't heard anything about it yet and you have been pulled over or had any contact with the police and not hauled off to jail it was most likely dismissed. just depends on how far you live from Idaho now , most jailers wont pay the transportation cost. if you go to Idaho watch your back, most warrants are reviewed every 3 years the judge can reinstate them. but the probation period has expired and now it shows unsatisfactory termination. if you break the law again you might not get probation.

Answer 2

Statutes of Limitation limit the time the State has to BEGIN a criminal prosecution.

Once the process has begun, the clock stops. You can't avoid your criminal penalties simply by becoming a fugitive and dodging the cops for a few years. Once a warrant is issued, it's good for ever.

Incidentally, he probably has several new criminal charges against him too - failure to appear, failure to pay, these are all crimes he'd be charged with AFTER he failed to complete his DUI requirements.

Was his license suspended or revoked in Idaho? Does he currently have a license from another State?

I have a client whose CA license was recently revoked because of a 20 year old DUI in another State that he never took care of. 20 years ago the different States DMV computers weren't linked, so when he lost his license he moved to CA and got a new one. It caught up with him a few weeks ago, and the first he knew of it was when he got stopped for speeding. The cop came back to his car and arrested him for a 20 year old DUI warrant out of Tennessee, plus ticketed him for driving while revoked, and towed his car.

Your Friend should get his warrant cleared before the same thing happens to him. As computers get better, more and more old warrants are popping up at routine traffic stops.

Richard

As an answer to the answer above that "most jailers won't pay the transport costs".... while that might be true, it also means that you may sit in jail in the State where you're arrested for up to 90 days waiting for the warrant State to say "no thanks". PLUS then you can get arrested all over again the next time you're stopped, PLUS your license will probably be revoked.

Richard

Answer 3

Same answer as before on the... no expiration on an outstanding warrant.

BUT, it does sound like you could easily get this taken care of with an attorney or maybe just by paying what you owe.