Question regarding Legal Process such as Trials, Probation, Acquittal, Warrant, etc.

[Rico_2013]

Jurisdiction

Massachusetts

I am not familiar or even ignorant of the legal process. I am accused and my lawyer is confident that there will be no conviction and I will be acquitted. As for the legal process of my case, if I fail to appear on the any designated trial, the Judge will issue a warrant on me. Is this correct? If I am aquitted in the end after all the trials, is that the end of the legal process or do I have to report to an officer once in a while otherwise the officer will report to the court regarding my disappearance resulting in a new warrant on me? What is that process called, pre-trial probation? Thank you.

 

[zddoodah]

if I fail to appear on the any designated trial, the Judge will issue a warrant on me. Is this correct?

Your lawyer is the best person to answer this question because the answer depends on a lot of information you didn't (and shouldn't) share with us.

If I am aquitted in the end after all the trials, is that the end of the legal process or do I have to report to an officer once in a while otherwise the officer will report to the court regarding my disappearance resulting in a new warrant on me?

This is a garbled and somewhat unintelligible sentence. I'm curious about your use of the term "trials" in the plural. Generally, there is only one trial. Again, discuss with your lawyer.

What is that process called, pre-trial probation?

There is no such thing. Probation is a common element of a sentence for a convicted criminal.

 

[adjusterjack]

if I fail to appear on the any designated trial, the Judge will issue a warrant on me. Is this correct?

Quite likely.

I am aquitted in the end after all the trials, is that the end of the legal process

Acquitted means not guilty and you are free to go.

What is that process called, pre-trial probation?

Bail.

You post bail (lots of money) to avoid sitting in jail until your trial. If you abscond you forfeit the money and get arrested. Flight to avoid prosecution is another charge that can be added to existing charges.

 

[Rico_2013]

Your lawyer is the best person to answer this question because the answer depends on a lot of information you didn't (and shouldn't) share with us.




This is a garbled and somewhat unintelligible sentence. I'm curious about your use of the term "trials" in the plural. Generally, there is only one trial. Again, discuss with your lawyer.




There is no such thing. Probation is a common element of a sentence for a convicted criminal.

Thank you very much for your reply. Because I am ignorant of the legal process, sometimes I don't even understand what my lawyer is talking about. The only thing I am sure about is that my lawyer did say there will be no conviction and what I did does not constitute a crime as per the law. As for the term "trials", I am referring to that I need to show up on the trials and the Judge will set another date for the next one. Everytime I just stand forward for a few seconds and that's all.

 

[justblue]

Thank you very much for your reply. Because I am ignorant of the legal process, sometimes I don't even understand what my lawyer is talking about. The only thing I am sure about is that my lawyer did say there will be no conviction and what I did does not constitute a crime as per the law. As for the term "trials", I am referring to that I need to show up on the trials and the Judge will set another date for the next one. Everytime I just stand forward for a few seconds and that's all.

If you don't understand what your attorney is saying, ask him/her to repeat in a more understandable manner. "Dumb it down" so to speak. I once told my attorney to talk to me like I was a 5-year-old. He laughed and from then on, I had no problem understanding him.

 

[Rico_2013]

Quite likely.



Acquitted means not guilty and you are free to go.

It seems that is some conditional acquittal. I am not free to go yet, but I need to report to one officer once in a while. I don't know why. Is that some kind of post-trial process or condition that I need to comply and fulfill?

Bail.

You post bail (lots of money) to avoid sitting in jail until your trial. If you abscond you forfeit the money and get arrested. Flight to avoid prosecution is another charge that can be added to existing charges.

There is no such thing that I have ever experienced.

 

[adjusterjack]

If you did not have to post bail the judge accepted your promise to appear.

 

[zddoodah]

If you don't understand what your attorney is saying, ask him/her to repeat in a more understandable manner.

^^^ This...100%

The only thing I am sure about is that my lawyer did say there will be no conviction

I hope he didn't say this. It's ok to say that you have a strong case, but results cannot EVER be guaranteed.

As for the term "trials", I am referring to that I need to show up on the trials and the Judge will set another date for the next one. Everytime I just stand forward for a few seconds and that's all.

There may be many pretrial hearings, and you don't necessarily need to attend all of them. Discuss this with your attorney.

 

[Rico_2013]

There may be many pretrial hearings, and you don't necessarily need to attend all of them. Discuss this with your attorney.

Thank you again. Everytime during the petrial hearings I just stand forward for around half a minute. Then the Judge set a new date for the next hearing, and that's all.

I am sure that the Judge will issue a warrant on me whenever I fail to attend any hearing because I tried that once. And then my lawyer filed an application to withdraw the warrant. I guess that's how it works in Boston, Massachusetts.