how can they issue a warrant for my arrest with no bond?

[zanejohnson]

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this is ridiculous!

i feel like this is cruel and unusual punishment....


long story short... i was on probation for 6 months, for possesing 1 gram of marijuana.

the terms of my probation were to stay clean for 6 months, attend narcotics anonymous classes, a drug education class, and to complete 40 hours of community service.

i completed all of those.

however, i was arrested again for posessing phenobarbitol 4 months later, an anticonvulsant...

i let my p.o. know about the arrest first thing, and was told by her to keep on doing my community service and classes and that it shouldnt matter because i wont actually go to trial for it until after my probation is completed... (it usually takes 6-8 months to go to court in my county)

so last week i went in for my 5th month probation meeting, and was informed there was a warrant for my arrest, and they had motioned to revoke my probation....and i could either be arrested there or turn myself in...i of course opted to turn myself in...

contacted the courts and it turns out my warrant is set for NO BOND? what the fuck???

so basically if i get arrested, i'll sit in jail until my court date comes up for the probation violation...which will be 6-8 months!!!! thats longer than the punishment will probably be, and also i'll lose everything..it will basically ruin my life.

how can they do this?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: zanejohnson

however, i was arrested again for posessing phenobarbitol 4 months later, an anticonvulsant...


how can they do this?

you did it to yourself, don't blame them
quit messing with drugs

 

[shiner]

FPMITAP

 

[BoomerD]

Often, a probation or parole hold requires that no bond be set. You've already proven you can't live up to the terms of your probation, so they hold you to be sure you show up for court, knowing that you will most certainly get jail time instead of more probation. VERY common.

Be sure to invest in lots of Soap-on-a-Rope...

 

[shiner]

I almost forgot

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: zanejohnson

however, i was arrested again for posessing phenobarbitol 4 months later, an anticonvulsant...


how can they do this?

you did it to yourself, don't blame them
quit messing with drugs

yeah, pretty much. isn't the penalty for committign a crime while on probation lik immediate jail time or something anyway?

 

[Kyle]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: zanejohnson

however, i was arrested again for posessing phenobarbitol 4 months later, an anticonvulsant...


how can they do this?

you did it to yourself, don't blame them
quit messing with drugs

Exactly - this is nothing that "they" are doing - it could have all been avoided.
And shit man - if you're on probation and still possessing narcotics, then your dumb ass deserved at least some of what's coming.

 

[shiner]

Watch your cornhole

 

[Homerboy]

I dont get it
you completed 6 months of probations, staying clean, attending narcotics anonymous classes, a drug education class, and to complete 40 hours of community service.

Then "so last week i went in for my 5th month probation meeting,"

so are you done with probation or in the 5ht month?
Either way you were carrying drugs (non prescription I assume).
Pay the price.

 

[amish]

Originally posted by: zanejohnson

how can they do this?

easy, you're no longer a first offender and dumb enough to get caught twice.

 

[Ronstang]

No wonder you keep getting in trouble. You just DON"T GET IT.

 

[zanejohnson]

i dont know...the bail bonds office seemed to think it was ridiculous too, and told me i needed to get a lawyer asap.

 

[zanejohnson]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
I dont get it
you completed 6 months of probations, staying clean, attending narcotics anonymous classes, a drug education class, and to complete 40 hours of community service.

Then "so last week i went in for my 5th month probation meeting,"

so are you done with probation or in the 5ht month?
Either way you were carrying drugs (non prescription I assume).
Pay the price.

yes i had completed all community service hours and classes by the fifth month.

 

[Ns1]

6 months probation for 1g of mj?!?! HAHAHAHA wehre the FUCK do you live?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: shinerburke
Watch your cornhole

http://www.pics.bbzzdd.com/bet...de/say_no_to_drugs.jpg

 

[zanejohnson]

Originally posted by: Kyle

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: zanejohnson

however, i was arrested again for posessing phenobarbitol 4 months later, an anticonvulsant...


how can they do this?

you did it to yourself, don't blame them
quit messing with drugs

Exactly - this is nothing that "they" are doing - it could have all been avoided.
And shit man - if you're on probation and still possessing narcotics, then your dumb ass deserved at least some of what's coming.

i'll do drugs until the day i die, i see no reason why using drugs should be illegal when it's legal to drink alcohol and smoke tobacco... what's the difference?

 

[moshquerade]

Are you an epileptic?

 

[zanejohnson]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
6 months probation for 1g of mj?!?! HAHAHAHA wehre the FUCK do you live?

Texas..

it's ridiculous...

all this started with 1 gram of pot... and here in Texas you have 1 gram of pot on you your spending the night in jail too.. in my case it turned out to be a weekend...

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: zanejohnson

Originally posted by: Homerboy
I dont get it
you completed 6 months of probations, staying clean, attending narcotics anonymous classes, a drug education class, and to complete 40 hours of community service.

Then "so last week i went in for my 5th month probation meeting,"

so are you done with probation or in the 5ht month?
Either way you were carrying drugs (non prescription I assume).
Pay the price.

yes i had completed all community service hours and classes by the fifth month.

But you were still on probabtion.

Maybe the drugs have already fried your brain.....so as a reminder 6 months > 5 months

 

[zanejohnson]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
Are you an epileptic?

my wife is.

 

[mugs]

If I understand correctly, when you're on probation isn't it sort of like being on parole, but without having been incarcerated in the first place? That is, if you screw up you have to serve the sentence that you otherwise would have served were you not given probation instead?

If I am incorrect, it is because I really have no reason to know how all this stuff works. You, no the other hand, obviously do have a reason to know how this stuff works, and you really ought to educate yourself on it.

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: zanejohnson

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
6 months probation for 1g of mj?!?! HAHAHAHA wehre the FUCK do you live?

Texas..

it's ridiculous...

all this started with 1 gram of pot... and here in Texas you have 1 gram of pot on you your spending the night in jail too.. in my case it turned out to be a weekend...

Way to go dumbass.

 

[waggy]

guess you shouldnt have had the drugs on you then eh?

have fun in jail!

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: zanejohnson

Originally posted by: moshquerade
Are you an epileptic?

my wife is.

do you take her meds? why were you in possession of them?

 

[zanejohnson]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: zanejohnson

Originally posted by: Homerboy
I dont get it
you completed 6 months of probations, staying clean, attending narcotics anonymous classes, a drug education class, and to complete 40 hours of community service.

Then "so last week i went in for my 5th month probation meeting,"

so are you done with probation or in the 5ht month?
Either way you were carrying drugs (non prescription I assume).
Pay the price.

yes i had completed all community service hours and classes by the fifth month.

But you were still on probabtion.

Maybe the drugs have already fried your brain.....so as a reminder 6 months > 5 months

what i meant is i had finished everything i was required to do for probation, never failed a piss test, i was just waiting for the time to be over...