"What steps should you take after being charged with a crime?" answered by one of Indiana's most highly regarded criminal defense attorneys, Sam Ansell of Ansell Law Firm in Indianapolis, IN. TRANSCRIPTION:
And so if you've been charged you've either received a summons or you've been arrested or a court has issued an arrest warrant and the police are looking for you. If you know there's a warrant out there, again, contact an experienced criminal defense attorney.
That lawyer may be able to get the warrant recalled, depending on the nature of the offense and you could rather than spending a day and a half in the jail before you bond out you could simply go to court and be processed by law enforcement but not actually be processed into the jail and have to spend the night there.
It's important to have an attorney as early in the process as possible. If you don't have funds for an attorney, tell the court you can't afford an attorney, asked them to appoint a public defender. You can always hire a private attorney later. And if you have the money then you should hire someone right away.
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