Probation in other states??

Question

If someone were to get a DWI in another state while on vacation, where would they have probation? I mean, would the charges they incurred on vacation be deferred to a court in their hometown or would they have to stand trial and punishment in the state that it happened?

So an offender would have to switch their place of residence because they got a charge? That wouldn't make much sense for a man to have to quit his job, sell his house, and move his family just so he could go to another state for probation...

Answer 1

The criminal charges could not be transferred to another state. The offender would have to stand trial in the jurisdiction where the offense occurred. The only exception would be a juvenile case that occurs in the same state but in a different county from where the juvenile lives. (For a juvenile who commits an offense in the same state, the case can be transferred to his home county.) There aren't any transfers of open cases across state lines.

Until he gets sentenced, he'll have to travel back (on his own expense) to the jurisdiction where he was arrested. If the trial isn't held for six months, the offender will have to travel back to that jurisdiction.

Once convicted, the person would be sentenced to punishment. For a DWI, he'd probably get sentenced to probation. Once on probation, he'd be able to have his probation transferred to his home area, even if it's across state lines, by applying to the Interstate Compact. There are fees involved in transferring the case, and the person has to apply, but it should be approved with no hassles.

The local probation office, where the offense occurred, would send the case to the location where the offender lives, sending the case through to the Interstate Compact. The receiving state, where the offender lives, would have to accept the transfer since the offender lives in the receiving state.

Answer 2

All legal proceedings would occur in the state and jurisdiction in which the crime was committed. The place of residence of the suspect has no bearing on anything in that situation.

EDIT-

No, the probation would still be through the state where the crime was committed, but moving there would almost certainly not be a requirement. In all likelihood, it would be an "unsupervised" probation, where there was no requirement to meet with a Probation Officer, etc.

Answer 3

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