Asked 6/13/2017 – Terrell, TX

He was fixing to go in to work and they got him the parking lot. They didnt ask for permission to search the vehicle but did once he was in cuffs, he got a citation for paraphernalia that even shows that they searched without permission. Well he was charged with 2 counts of possession and thwy said he had a warrant for fraud that he didn’t know about. We were told the fraud was because they are saying he stole a credit/debit card but the only thing they told us that was linking him to it was that his employee discount card was used in the same purchase. Well I bonded him out within the first 24hrs and now we got something in the mail saying they changed his court date for arrignment and a seprate piece of mail saying he was indicted but for only one charge which is one of the possession charges which is under a gram.

My question is why is he getting an indictment and I thought in order to get a bond amout you had to be arraigned so why is he having to go again? He doesnt have a lawyer unless its through the court and since i bonded him out he never got one that ee know of, so I have no idea who to ask for help or advice.

Answer

Since the fraud case happened at a different time than the drug case, it is not unusual that the cases be processed at different times. They are two separate incidents are the indictments can be filled independently. The arraignment setting in court is a little different than the arraignment that occurred at the time of the arrest. You will have to retain an attorney, to go over the whole process, but basically this arraignment setting means the defendant must appear in court on this date, but is not expected to enter a plea on the case at that time. Start talking with local attorneys.