If you are arrested but the charge is reduced to a citation/fine, can you retroactively be arrested for the original action?

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If you are arrested but the charge is reduced to a citation/fine, can you retroactively be arrested for the original action?

Someone is arrested for distribution of marijuana (Massachusetts) but before he is brought to the station and formally booked, the charge is reduced to a fine/citation. The officer reduced the charge to only a $100 marijuana citation because the arrested individual complied with the officers request to become a confidential informant. The arrested individual did not sign any documents stating that he would comply with being an informant, but did state that he would. Once he stated that he would provide information, the handcuffs were removed, the citation was issued and the individual went on his way.

Asked on September 19, 2013 under Criminal Law, Massachusetts

Answers:

Tricia Dwyer / Tricia Dwyer Esq & Associates PLLC

Answered 10 years ago | Contributor

Hello. If you are the person facing such an occurrence, I urge you immediately and privately to confer with a criminal defense attorney licensed in your state. Be sure the attorney is knowledgeable in the area of confidential informant agreements. Know that generally: Some attorneys are available seven days for emergency legal needs. Many attorneys will speak initially at no charge. Then, if legal work is performed, some attorneys will provide a reduced fee for financial hardship. Some attorneys may also assist you in a limited scope manner to conserve legal costs. All the best.

 

TRICIA DWYER, ESQ.

Tricia Dwyer, Esq & Associates PLLC

Phone: 612-296-9666

365 Days of the Year until 8 p.m. daily

dwyer.tricia@gmail.com

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Tricia Dwyer / Tricia Dwyer Esq & Associates PLLC

Answered 10 years ago | Contributor

Hello. If you are the person facing such an occurrence, I urge you immediately and privately to confer with a criminal defense attorney licensed in your state. Be sure the attorney is knowledgeable in the area of confidential informant agreements. Know that generally: Some attorneys are available seven days for emergency legal needs. Many attorneys will speak initially at no charge. Then, if legal work is performed, some attorneys will provide a reduced fee for financial hardship. Some attorneys may also assist you in a limited scope manner to conserve legal costs. All the best.

 

TRICIA DWYER, ESQ.

Tricia Dwyer, Esq & Associates PLLC

Phone: 612-296-9666

365 Days of the Year until 8 p.m. daily

dwyer.tricia@gmail.com

http://dwyerlawfirm.net

MINNESOTA CRIMINAL DEFENSE

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

SEARCH & SEIZURE LAW


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