How do you find out if a state that has put a detainer on you plans on extraditing you?
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How do you find out if a state that has put a detainer on you plans on extraditing you?
My friend was arrested with 140lbs of pot. He bonded out and went back to his home state. While there he managed to get arrested again. He plead guilty and is currently serving a 2 and a half year sentence. Once he was in prison, the first state put a detainer on him. How do we find out if that state is going to extradite? What steps can we take now to get it so his out-of-state case gets taken care of now rather than when his sentence in his home state is finished? Ultimate goal is if he has to do time in the first state, how do we get it to run concurrent with his other sentence?
Asked on November 9, 2011 under Criminal Law, Connecticut
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
The best way to answer your question is to pull the criminal file as to your friend concerning the first arrest to see what the current state of the charges are as to him. The file is a public record and anyone can review it unless it is sealed.
If you want to have the first case resolved soon, perhaps your friend should retain a criminal defense attorney to make some inquiries as to it. As to the chances of concurrent sentences. I doubt that will happen since the charges are for two separate crimes in separate states.
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