Indefinite servitude
On Thursday, this guy's name came across my desk, because he had been in jail for quite awhile. I checked into his case, and was immeditely confused -- he had pled to credit for time served on an obstruction charge back on July 21.
His case was a little confused, procedurally, becase he had initially been charged with obstruction and terroristic threats. The DA apparently investigated and decided that the terroristic threats was really a simple assault and sent the case to the Solicitor General. (That's the misdemeanor prosecutor here.) They brought him over on July 21, and he entered a pro se plea, thinking he would get out that night.
The problem is, there was a paperwork snafu somewhere, and the Jail thought that the felony obstruction charge was still open. So they held him.
Our jail specialist called over and talked to the appropriate person at the jail and they said that they would look into.
On Friday morning, I checked again and discoverd that he was still in jail. I called the guy and he was as mystified as I was. Our jail speciailist called over again and spoke to someone else, who told us that his file was misplaced. She ended up faxing paperwork over Friday afternoon and I called the guy to let him know that he should be getting out.
I'm going to run into the office today to make sure that he is out.
Needless to say, he was curious about compensation for the extra 37 days that he spent in confinement.
UPDATE: Dude did get out Saturday morning.
His case was a little confused, procedurally, becase he had initially been charged with obstruction and terroristic threats. The DA apparently investigated and decided that the terroristic threats was really a simple assault and sent the case to the Solicitor General. (That's the misdemeanor prosecutor here.) They brought him over on July 21, and he entered a pro se plea, thinking he would get out that night.
The problem is, there was a paperwork snafu somewhere, and the Jail thought that the felony obstruction charge was still open. So they held him.
Our jail specialist called over and talked to the appropriate person at the jail and they said that they would look into.
On Friday morning, I checked again and discoverd that he was still in jail. I called the guy and he was as mystified as I was. Our jail speciailist called over again and spoke to someone else, who told us that his file was misplaced. She ended up faxing paperwork over Friday afternoon and I called the guy to let him know that he should be getting out.
I'm going to run into the office today to make sure that he is out.
Needless to say, he was curious about compensation for the extra 37 days that he spent in confinement.
UPDATE: Dude did get out Saturday morning.
posted by swd at 10:19 AM
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