Can the Court in Florida Grant an "Extradition Bond"?

If you were arrested in Florida on a felony warrant issued in another state, then you can seek a bond in the jurisdiction where you are being held while awaiting extradition. This bond is often called the “extradition bond” in Florida.

You should deal with a felony warrant immediately instead of just waiting to be extradited. Avoiding extradition is important for several reasons.

First, you might be held for weeks or months while the authorities in another state arrange for a bus to pick you up and take you back to the jurisdiction where the felony arrest warrant originated. 

The extradition bus ride itself might take several more days or weeks as you stop at every jail, prison and correction facility between the pickup and drop off location.

Many people are loaded in the back of the extradition van. Sometimes the vans do not have a working air conditioner. Stops for food and rest are few and far between. The ride can be uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous.

Second, the extradition process is extremely expensive. Even being transported from Florida to Georgia can cost thousands of dollars. To add insult to injury, the judge in the other state will often try to make the defendant pay those extradition costs when the case is ultimately resolved.

For all of these reasons, people being detained for extradition to another state should consider hiring a local attorney to:

1. argue that the original detention was illegal and an immediate release should be ordered; or
2. argue that even if the detention is legal while awaiting extradition, the court should grant a reasonable extradition bond.

Ideally, you would hire a criminal defense attorney in both jurisdictions. One to fight for an extradition bond and the other to resolve the underlying case on the best possible terms.

Attorney for Extradition from Florida to Another State

If you or a loved one are being held in Florida for extradition to another state, contact an experienced criminal defense attorney at Sammis Law Firm to discuss your case.

Our criminal defense attorneys are experienced in fighting extradition cases throughout the greater Tampa Bay area including in Hillsborough County, Hernando County, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Manatee County, and Polk County, FL.

Our main office has been located at the same location in downtown Tampa for the past ten years. We also have a second office conveniently located in New Port Richey, directly across from the West Pasco Judicial Center.

We can review your arrest affidavit in an extradition case to determine whether your arrest complied with Florida's extradition laws. If not, we can fight for your immediate release. If the court refuses to release you, we can file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Alternatively, our attorneys can ask the court to set a reasonable extradition bond so that you can bond out of jail while you await extradition.

If extradition is likely while you are out of custody on the extradition bond, we can help you obtain permission to travel to the court where the case originated to voluntarily surrender on the warrant so that you can avoid the expense and inconvenience of extradition entirely.

Extradition cases are complicated and the relief available in your case, if any, depends on the facts of the case. Let us help you decide what you should do next.

Contact the attorneys at the Sammis Law Firm to discuss your extradition case if you have an outstanding warrant in Florida or if you are being held in Florida for extradition to another state.

With four attorneys focused exclusively on criminal defense, we fight extradition cases throughout the greater Tampa Bay area including at the courthouse in Brooksville in Hernando County, in New Port Richey or Dade City in Pasco County, in Clearwater in Pinellas County, in Tampa in Hillsborough County or in Bartow in Polk County.

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Filing a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in Extradition Cases

If strict procedural rules are not followed or if you are improperly denied the extradition bond, then a criminal defense attorney might file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to a higher court. These types of emergency appeals are decided quickly.

The petition for writ of habeas corpus in an extradition case is a request to be released from detention as a fugitive while awaiting extradition to another state.

If the appellate court grants the petition, then the appellate court can order the defendant’s release on the out-of-state charges or order the judge to set a reasonable extradition bond.

Procedural Rules for Holding a Fugitive While Awaiting Extradition

If you are being held without bond on the out-of-state charges, then the procedures outlined in sections 941.13, 941.14, and 941.15, Florida Statutes, must be properly followed. These statutes, enacted in 1941, are derived from the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. See ch. 20460, §§ 13, 14, 15, Laws of Fla. (1941).

The Act facilitates provisions of the United States Constitution and federal implementing legislation that provides for the extradition of fugitives from state to state, upon one governor's demand to another. U.S. Const., art. IV, § 2, cl. 2; 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 3182, 3194, and 3195; § 941.02, Fla. Stat.

Additionally, the extradition process is primarily an executive function. This executive function explained in Section 941.03 involves the governor of the state from which the fugitive has fled issuing a written demand, or “requisition,” to the governor of the asylum state to detain the fugitive and deliver her to the demanding state.

Requirements for the Governor’s Demand for Extradition

Under § 941.03, Fla. Stat., a governor's demand for extradition must be accompanied by an authenticated copy of the following documents:

1. an indictment or an information supported by affidavit in the state having jurisdiction of the crime;
2. a warrant supported by an affidavit made before a committing magistrate of the demanding state; or
3. a judgment of conviction or a sentence imposed in execution thereof, together with a statement by the executive authority of the demanding state that the person claimed has escaped from confinement or has broken the terms of his or her bail, probation, or parole.

As explained in Shapiro v. State, 456 So. 2d 968 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), these requirements are intended to ensure that there has been a judicial determination of probable cause to believe that the accused committed the crime for which he is wanted or that he has been convicted of it.

Section 941.07 requires that if the asylum state governor determines that the demand is in order and should be honored, he must issue a warrant for the arrest of the fugitive. This is sometimes referred to as a “rendition warrant” or “extradition warrant.”

Some provisions of the Act permit the arrest and detention of an accused fugitive before the issuance of a governor's arrest warrant. A Florida court may order the pre-requisition arrest of an accused fugitive by issuing an arrest warrant, commonly known as a “fugitive warrant,” under section 941.13.

Two Scenarios for Extradition Cases in Florida

Florida’s statutory scheme for extradition cases authorizes the issuance of a fugitive warrant under two scenarios. Under the first scenario, a “credible person” must charge before a Florida judge that a person in Florida has:

1. committed a crime in another state and has fled from justice; or
2. has been convicted of a crime in another state and has escaped from confinement or broken the terms of her bail, probation, or parole.

Under the second scenario, a complaint is presented to a Florida judge based on an affidavit from a credible person in the demanding state attesting either:

1. that a crime has been committed in that state, that the accused has been charged with the committing the crime, and that the accused has fled from justice; or
2. that the accused has been convicted of a crime in that state and has escaped from confinement or broken the terms of her bail, probation, or parole, and is believed to be in Florida.

Under the first scenario, the accused need not have been formally charged with committing the out-of-state crime. Instead, the law only requires that a credible person charge under oath before a Florida judge that the person committed a crime in the demanding state and has fled. This charge is often brought through a sworn criminal report affidavit.

In the second scenario, however, the person for whom the warrant is sought must have been formally charged in the demanding state with committing a crime in that state.

Procedural Due Process Requirements in Section 941.13

In Perry v. State, 842 So. 2d 301, 303 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003), the court reasoned that under section 941.13, the showing must satisfy the requirements of probable cause either for the issuance of an arrest warrant generally or at a pretrial nonadversary probable cause determination at a first appearance hearing under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.133(a)(3).

For this reason, the governor may issue an extradition warrant only after the demanding state governor has documented the following:

1. there has been a judicial determination of probable cause; or
2. in the absence of an extradition warrant a court may issue a fugitive warrant only after it has received either:
• a direct showing of probable cause; or 
• proof that one has been made in the demanding state.

Requirements for a Warrantless Pre-Requisition Arrest under Section 941.14?

Warrantless pre-requisition arrests are permitted by section 941.14, provided that three elements are satisfied.

Under the statute, an alleged fugitive may be arrested without a warrant that includes “reasonable information” that the person “stands charged in the courts of a state” with “a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year . . . .”

Section 941.14 also provides that a person arrested without a warrant under that statute “must be taken before a judge with all practicable speed and complaint must be made against the accused under oath setting forth the ground for the arrest as in the preceding section; and thereafter his or her answer shall be heard as if the accused had been arrested on a warrant.”

Stated another way, as soon as practicable after a warrantless arrest, the probable cause requirements for obtaining a fugitive warrant under section 941.13 must be established.

Requirements for a Pre-requisition Arrest under Section 941.15?

When an accused fugitive is arrested pre-requisition, whether pursuant to a fugitive warrant or not, section 941.15 requires the judge to perform an examination to determine whether “it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and . . . that the person has fled from justice . . . .”

If so, the judge must issue a warrant reciting the accusation against the fugitive and committing her to the county jail for a specified period, not exceeding thirty days, pending her arrest on a governor's rendition warrant. If the rendition warrant is not forthcoming during that period, the court may extend the commitment for up to sixty days. § 941.17, Fla. Stat.

In many of these cases, a person is detained even though the court has only arrest affidavits executed by the officer that made the arrest without any information concerning the offense that was allegedly committed.

In these cases, the warrantless arrest is not in compliance with section 941.14 because the arrest affidavits do not disclose how the officer who arrested the defendant came to learn that the defendant was wanted in another state.

If the officer obtained the information from a national law enforcement database, then the “reasonable information” prong of the statute might be satisfied. But without that information, the affidavits are ambiguous on the question of whether the defendant stood formally “charged in the courts” with any of the out-of-state offenses.

Additionally, the affidavits often say nothing about whether the offenses were punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, i.e., felonies. In these cases, the issue is whether the information held by the arresting officer at the time of the arrest in Florida was enough under section 941.14 to authorize the defendant’s warrantless arrests on the out-of-state charges.

In Owens v. Boyer, 207 So. 2d 29, 31 (Fla. 2d DCA 1968), the court held that the sufficiency of a rendition warrant must be determined at the time of the arrest, and rejected lower court's reasoning that subsequent submission of omitted information cured defect in the warrant so as to render accused fugitive's arrest legal.

If not, the criminal defense attorney can argue all of the reasons why this illegal arrest should result in the defendant's immediate release from custody.

If you need a lawyer for an extradition case in Florida, contact the experienced criminal defense attorneys at the Sammis Law Firm. With offices in both downtown Tampa in Hillsborough County and New Port Richey in Pasco County, we can begin your defense today.

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Extradition and Violation of Probation Case in Sumter County, Florida

Extradition to Sumter County or Bushnell, Florida on a Fugitive Violation of Probation Warrant

This article discusses a recent case result for a client arrested while out of state for violation of probation on a warrant out of Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida. Find out more about possible ways to avoid a delayed extradition process to Bushnell, Sumter County, so that your case can be resolved quickly.

Our criminal defense attorneys represent individuals fighting felony criminal charges involving extradition on a fugitive warrant either to or from Florida.

Keep reading to find out more about our recent case result which also discusses filing and litigating a "Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction" after the probation was extended. Extradition is the process of arresting a person in one state on a Florida warrant in order to bring them back to Florida to face criminal charges.

Many Florida extradition cases involve a person who allegedly violated probation. In those cases, the court usually issues a "no bond" warrant for violation of probation. Read more below to see the result obtain by a criminal defense attorney at the Sammis Law Firm in Tampa, FL, for a specific violation of probation case in Bushnell, Sumter County, FL.

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Man Avoids Extradition to Bushnell, Sumter County, FL, and Then Avoids Sentencing Because Trial Court Granted Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction.

We received a call from a man's family after the man was arrested in Tennessee on a "no bond" warrant out of Bushnell in Sumter County, Florida, for violation of probation on two counts of felony grand theft charges in case number 2002-CF-534 and 2002-CF-532. The affidavit for violation of probation alleged that the man failed to pay over $20,000 in restitution as well as other court costs and fees.

The man's family disputed these figures saying that he had not received credit for all money paid after the man's probation had been transferred from Sumter County, FL, in Bushnell to Tennessee.

Obtaining legal counsel in these cases is important because when you are arrested while out of state on a felony "no bond" warrant out of Florida, you may sit in jail for several months before you are actually extradited. The extradition process is also expensive. Many times, a private company hired by the government will pick up the individual and take the individual on a bus back to Florida which can cost thousands of dollars. To add insult to injury, the trial court will attempt to require the person extradited to pay those extradition fees at sentencing.

One possible way to avoid a delayed extradition process is to file a "Motion to Withdraw Warrant to Avoid Extradition" with the trial court that issued the "no bond" warrant in the first place. In this case, we filed such a "Motion to Withdraw Warrant to Avoid Extradition" on February 4, 2010.

The State Attorney's Office with the Fifth Judicial Circuit in Bushnell, Florida for Sumter County had no objection to having warrant withdrawn based on the fact that the man had hired local counsel to resolve the case and was willing to come back to Sumter County on a voluntary basis to resolve the case. The Court signed an order on February 10, 2010, to withdraw the two felony warrants. The judge in Sumter County also ordered the man to appear for a hearing on March 11, 2010. The man was immediately released from custody out of state.

On March 11, 2010, the man appeared in court in Sumter County for a violation of probation hearing with his attorney, Leslie Sammis. We filed a "Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction" which was granted by the Court. The case was dismissed that day.

The man and his family were able to return to their home state without paying any additional money or facing any jail or prison time for the violation of probation accusation in Sumter County, FL.

Original Sentence

The "Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction" showed that on September 17, 2003, entered a guilty plea to two charges of Grand Theft, both third-degree felonies. The charges were run concurrent (which means together or at the same time).

The Sumter County probation was originally scheduled to terminate five years later on September 16, 2008.

First Violation of Probation

On January 14, 2005, the Circuit Court Judge in Sumter County, FL, issued a warrant for the man's arrest which alleged that he violated his probation. Three months later, on April 13, 2005, the man appeared in Court without an attorney and admitted that he violated probation. He was adjudicated guilty of the underlying offenses and sentenced to four additional years of probation with each case concurrent and all special conditions being carried forward.

In effect, the probation was extended to April 13, 2009, beyond the statutory maximum sentence of five years probation allowed under Florida law for a third-degree felony.

Although rare, this problem usually results when the court extends probation. Often the person on probation might ask the court to extend probation so that he has more time to pay restitution. Certainly, being allowed additional time to pay restitution may be far better than facing a violation hearing. Judges and prosecutors must be careful that the probation is not extended beyond the statutory maximum sentence allowed under Florida law.

In this case, the court lost jurisdiction on September 16, 2008 (which was five years after the man had originally been placed on probation).

Second Alleged Violation of Probation

The second affidavit for violation of probation was issued on March 13, 2009 (which was almost 6 months after the Court lost jurisdiction).

The Effect of Filing a Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction

It is well settled that a probation order cannot exceed the legal maximum sentence allowed for the underlying crime. See Francois v. State, 695 So.2d (Fla. 1997); State v. Summers, 642 So.2d 742 (Fla. 1994)("We agree that the [Florida] legislature did not intend to allow such "ad infinitum" extensions of a probationary term that is otherwise subject to a statutory maximum."); Schertz v. State, 387 So.2d 477 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980)(statutory maximum must be observed when modifying or extending probation); Watts v. State, 328 So.2d 223 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976) (Original term of probation may not exceed the statutory maximum.").

The Judge in Sumter County agreed that the court had extended the probation outside of the five year statutory maximum period for a third-degree felony. The violation of probation affidavit was filed during that period of probation that was outside the statutory maximum allowed. Therefore, the Court was without jurisdiction and dismissed the affidavit for violation of probation.

Click below to read more about other recent results in Extradition cases in Florida:

Extradition to Florida - Woman avoids Extradition to Orlando, Orange County, FL, after Court agrees to withdraw warrant, giving the woman a chance to appear voluntarily to resolve her pending charges.

Tampa Extradition Attorney - Man avoids extradition, and then resolves his case completely during motion to surrender hearing in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL.

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If you are interested in finding out more information about any Extradition to Florida on a Fugitive Warrant case, including for Tampa, Hillsborough County, or the surrounding areas, including Bushnell, Sumter County, FL, contact an attorney to discuss your case.

Contact us to find out more information about fighting a criminal charge in Sumter County, including serious felony offenses such as violation of probation, grand theft, and drug offenses. We have also included information here about unusual sentencing schemes used in Bushnell, Florida, to avoid putting people on misdemeanor probation including the conditionally suspended sentence, order of commitment, default, violation of a court order, clerk's certificate of non-compliance, ROR after sentencing, and warrant or capias for arrest.

Find information from other attorneys across the state of Florida about the extradition process:

Extradition on Fugitive Warrant - Attorneys in Brevard County

Extradition to Tampa, Hillsborough County for Violation of Probation

Individuals can be arrested while out of the state of Florida on a warrant issued within the State of Florida. In many of those case, the person sits in jail while they wait for Florida to send a bus to pick them up and take them back to the county that issued the warrant.

Often individuals sit in jail for 30-90 days while waiting to be extradited. In many of these cases, a criminal defense attorney might be able to convince the judge that issued the warrant in Florida to lift the warrant so the individual can travel back to Florida voluntarily and avoid the expense and inconvenience of extradition. This often benefits both the individual being detained and the State of Florida.

Call 813-250-0500 to talk with an experienced attorney about possible ways to avoid extradition or resolve a case in Florida.

In this article, we discuss a recent case results in a extradition case decided in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL.

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Client Avoids Extradition to Florida on Fugitive Warrant

Results: Case Number 88-CF-013110, August 18, 2009 - The client avoided being extradited from NC to Tampa, Florida on a fugitive warrant. After the client voluntarily appeared in Court on a "motion to surrender" with attorney Jason Sammis, the Court not only withdrew the felony warrant, but also terminated the probation so that the client would not have to defend himself against the accusation during a violation of probation hearing. The client walked out of the courtroom free to return to his home state without having to worry about the 20 year old violation of probation or fugitive warrant out of Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL.

Facts: We were contacted by a criminal defense attorney in North Carolina ("NC"), Glen Bachman with Bachman and Swanson, PLLC, in Durham, N.C., about representing his client who was sitting in jail awaiting extradition to Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL. The felony warrant from Florida was served on the man while he was in his home state of NC.
The man had originally been put on probation in Tampa for three felony charges:

1. attempted sale or purchase of cocaine
2. aggravated assault without the intent to kill; and
3. aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony.

The man was sentenced in 1989 to 18 months of community control (house arrest) in Hillsborough County, FL. A warrant for felony violation of probation was issued 8 months later alleging that the man returned to his home state without complying with the terms of his Florida probation.

Since returning to NC, the man had not committed any new offenses in the last 18 years. Although he was originally held with no bond, his attorney in NC was able to quickly get a $150,000.00 bond set in the case. Such cases usually result in the individual being held with no bond in the home state while they wait to the extradited, which can take more than 90 days in some cases.

Before the client had to post bond, the criminal defense lawyer in NC contacted our law firm to help the man find representation in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL. The NC criminal defense attorney wanted to find the best way to have the man released in NC so that he could voluntarily return to Tampa, FL, without having to post the high bond.

We filed a Motion to Surrender in Hillsborough County on the same day that we were retained. After the "Motion to Surrender" was filed, we faxed a copy to the Attorney in NC. The attorney in NC was able to use the fact that the motion was pending to negotiate a much better disposition with the prosecutor and judge so that his client would be released without posting any bond since he had retained an local attorney in Tampa, Hillsborough County to resolve the case, and already had a court date scheduled on the motion to surrender.

Thankfully, the Court in NC agreed to release the client so that he could appear in Florida voluntarily for his court date on the motion to surrender on the violation of probation warrant without posing bond. In many cases, the Court's are extremely reluctant to grant bond in such a case. Having the attorneys in two states work together ultimately saved the man thousands of dollars that he would have otherwise spend in posting bond through a bail bondsman. [If the other state refuses to grant a reasonable bond, we can go forward with the "motion to surrender" to ask the Court to withdraw the warrant, even while the client is in jail awaiting extradition. ]

A hearing on the Motion to Surrender was scheduled on August 10, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. before the Honorable Judge Daniel H. Perry. With the Motion to Surrender we included more than 13 letters from various community leaders from the man's home town in NC, including the Sheriff, the Program director for the Detention Facility, a License Practicing Counselor, and a Drug Treatment Program Supervisor. These community leaders all spoke very highly of our client, including the fact that he had completed a substance treatment program, then became a staff member of the program and ultimately went on to be instrumental in the organization of other agencies in the county to aid in the treatment of substance abuse. The criminal defense lawyer in NC was instrumental in providing us with all of the information needed for the Florida extradition case.

In many of these cases, the reason that the case has been pending for so many years undetected, is because the individual avoiding any conflict with the law during the entire time.

Besides the fact that the client had become such a valued member of the community, the unusual thing about the case was that the client had someone perform a detailed background check many years ago to see if any type of warrant was outstanding in Hillsborough County, FL. Nothing showed up on his NCIC until recently, when the man was picked up on the outstanding fugitive warrant.

In many older cases, the Circuit Court Clerk's office in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL, will show that the warrant was issued, although the warrant will not show up on the individuals National Crime Information Center (NCIC) record. The NCIC is a computerized index of criminal justice information, including information about an individuals criminal history, outstanding warrant information, information on fugitives, or missing persons reports. An individual's NCIC is available to local law enforcement officers, as well as state and Federal law enforcement officers on continual basis 24/7. Florida maintains a similar database called a Florida Crime Information Center "FCIC."

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Having an individual extradited to Florida is extremely time consuming and expensive. The State of Florida will charge those costs to the individual when they attempt to resolve their case.  The costs of extradition can be added as a criminal sanction as a "cost of prosecution."

In many of theses cases, an experienced attorney can save the client the costs of extradition. In the event that the extradition cannot be avoided, the criminal defense attorneys at the Sammis Law Firm can help you resolve the underlying case on the most favorable terms possible.

If you or a loved one is awaiting extradition on a felony warrant out of Florida, contact an experienced criminal defense lawyer at the Sammis Law Firm to discuss your case. In many of these older cases for violation of probation, especially when the individual can prove competent and substantial evidence that they have turned their life around, then the court is much more likely to allow the individual to avoid going to jail or prison on the charges.

If you would like more information about Florida extradition laws after a violation of probation, then contact an attorney at the Sammis Law Firm to discuss possible ways that you can defend yourself against this charge.

Call 813-250-0500 today to talk with an attorney about the particular facts of your case.

This article was last updated on Wednesday, November 11, 2015.

Extradition to Florida on Fugitive Warrant

One Way to Avoid Extradition to Florida - Ask the Judge in Florida to Withdraw the Warrant

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Judge Withdraws Fugitive Warrant

Result: Our client was sitting in jail in Texas awaiting extradition to Orange County, Florida. An attorney with the Sammis Law Firm in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL, filed a motion to withdraw the warrant to avoid extradition on the day we were retained. The bond motion was heard two days later. The Honorable Judge Jenifer M. Davis, Orlando Orange County, FL, agreed on July 17th at 8:30 a.m. to withdraw two felony warrants in case number 05-CF-2891 and 05-CF-5191. Three hours later the client was home.

The Case: On March 4, 2005, a circuit Court Judge in Orange County, FL, signed an "Affidavit for Arrest Warrant" for one count of Grand Theft, a third degree felony, in violation of Florida State Statutes 812.014, and two counts of Dealing in Stolen Property (Trafficking), a second degree felony, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1).

The Florida affidavit for arrest warrant alleged that the woman took a air compressor and nail gun from her friend's home where she had been living for a few months. The affidavit alleged that she then pawned the items so that she would have money to move back to her home state of Arizona.

The woman did move out of state and never knew that the case was being prosecuted or that a warrant had been issued for her arrest. More than four years later the women was picked up while on a military basis while her request for an identification card was being processed. The woman was held in jail for almost 2 weeks while awaiting extradition to Orange County, FL. Although she has signed the paperwork to waive a extradition hearing, she had no idea how long she would be in custody before being picked up for the trip to Florida for extradition. Her family decided to retain the Sammis Law Firm so that we could attempt to get her released prior to the extradition to Orange County, Florida.

We were retained on Wednesday. That same day we filed a motion to withdraw the warrant, which was scheduled for hearing on Friday. At the hearing the State had no objection to withdrawing the warrant as long as the client promised to appear in court 4 weeks later. The judge, hearing no objection from the prosecutor agreed to withdraw the warrant. The client was released three hours later.

Click below to read more about our firm's other recent victories in Extradition cases in Florida:

Avoid Extradition to Florida - Man avoids extradition to Florida on a Fugitive Warrant. In fact, his entire case for violation of probation was resolved without the need for him to ever return to Florida.

Tampa Extradition Attorney - Man avoids extradition, and then resolves his case completely during motion to surrender hearing in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL.

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If you or a family member is awaiting extradition to Florida for a criminal felony case in a circuit court, keep in mind that there may be things a Florida Extradition Attorney can do to speed up your release from custody. Contact an attorney at the Sammis Law Firm with offices located in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL, to discuss your case today. We handle Florida extradition cases throughout central Florida. Although no two cases are alike, having a criminal defense lawyer fighting for your release may be extremely beneficial to your felony case dealing with extradition on a fugitive warrant in Florida.

Extradition to Tampa, Hillsborough County on Fugitive Warrant

Extradition to Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida on Fugitive Warrant

Extradition is the process of arresting a person in one state in order to bring them back to another state to stand trial on a criminal charge. Find out more about what a criminal defense attorney in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL, might be able to do to help you avoid extradition so that you can voluntarily come to court to resolve the case.

Many of these extradition cases involve a person who has previously violated probation in Florida and is subject to a "no bond" warrant on a violation of probation accusation. Read more below to see the result obtain by a criminal defense attorney at the Sammis Law Firm in Tampa, FL, for a specific case.


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Man Avoids Extradition to Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

A man was on a flight returning from vacation in the Bahamas with his girlfriend. While they were on the plane, several law enforcement officers boarded the plane and arrested the man at the Reagan International Airport in Arlington, VA, on a fugitive warrant out of Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL.

The felony warrant was for a Hillsborough County violation of probation from 2001. The warrant showed that the man had been placed on probation for two felony charges - battery on a law enforcement officer and obstructing or opposing an officer without violence.

While the man was awaiting extradition on the fugitive warrant out of Hillsborough County, a family member contacted and then retained the Sammis Law Firm. Within a few days, an attorney at the firm filed a motion to request that a bond be set so that the man could voluntarily return to Tampa, FL, after he was released from the out of state jail on the fugitive warrant.

The usual thing about the case was that the warrant from 2001 had not shown up in the system. In fact, the man had joined the military in 2004 and was Honorably Discharged in May of 2009. The man had even served his country in Iraq.

On June 19, 2009, the Court in Hillsborough County, Division K, reviewed the circumstances of his case and agreed to simply terminate the probation unsuccessfully, and convert all the costs to a civil lien. The man was released from custody in Virginia the next day. The man was not extradited to Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL. In fact, he did not have to return to Florida at all to resolve his case. He was also able to maintain his "withhold of adjudication" which means that he is not a convicted felon. Maintaining the "withhold of adjudication" is important after an alleged violation of probation because otherwise you are not eligible to seal your criminal record.

Click below to read more about our firm's other recent victories in Extradition cases in Florida:

Extradition to Florida - Woman avoids Extradition to Orlando, Orange County, FL, after Court agrees to withdraw warrant, giving the woman a chance to appear voluntarily to resolve her pending charges.

Tampa Extradition Attorney - Man avoids extradition, and then resolves his case completely during motion to surrender hearing in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL.

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