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No bench warrant = charges abandoned ?
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I could not appear to my date of appearance two weeks ago for open container ticket in Brooklyn. I called the clerk of the Court and they told me I no warrant has been issued. What does that mean ? Am I free of it ? Is it abandoned ?
It is possible that the ticket never made it to the Court and was dismissed. The only way to know is to go to the Court with the ticket and try to have the clerk track it.
Sometimes the judge looks at tickets before court and dismisses the ones that are insufficient for one reason or another. This may be what happened, but it also may not. So play it safe and go to court as soon as you can with your ticket and ask the clerk what's going on. If the case is open they'll most likely put you on the calendar for that day and you can deal with the charges then. If it was dismissed, even better!
No bench warrant is not the same thing as a dismissed case. Sometimes judges "stay" (i.e., do not issue) bench warrants even though a case is still going on. Ask the court clerk about the status of the case at your earliest convenience. You may be expected to appear in court on an upcoming date.
