[WSBARP] Off-Topic: A woman with an arrest warrant goes to theairport...

[Josh Grant]

Not paying/appearing “for traffic tickets” usually means traffic infractions.  There are no arrest warrants issued for having FTA’ed on a traffic infraction.  It is possible that one could have their license suspended or not renewed but no warrant.  There are a very few criminal traffic offenses like DUI and DWS.  Warrants are issued for no appearance.  So not sure if you have the full info.

Very unlikely that one would be picked on a criminal traffic warrant anywhere.  If she has a warrant for a traffic criminal case, depending on the county, they may let her go on even if she is stopped (except maybe for DUI).  She should let someone else drive or drive carefully to the airport.

Josh Grant
(Retired Dt . Ct. Judge)

From: Dave Culbertson 
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 3:27 PM
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Subject: [WSBARP] Off-Topic: A woman with an arrest warrant goes to theairport...

The arrest warrant is for FTA for traffic tickets, apparently. She’s needing to fly out of the country on Friday, before she has time to fix the warrant (she’s coming back, it’s a family emergency). She knows it’s a possibility that the airport process might pick up a warrant, but asked me how likely is it? 

 

I replied “What do you get when you cross an elephant and a rhino? Hell if I know”. [I felt obligated to have a punch line, even as bad as that, in case I set up expectations in the subject line].

 

Anybody have any insights into how big her risk might be? I’m throwing the net wide in case anybody has some experience/info to bring to bear. Maybe somebody who’s on the criminal law list-serv could pass it on.

 

Thanks.

 

 

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