I need a pro bono criminal defense attorney for misdemeanor warrant in Orange County, CA. Please help...

I am not sure about the question. Were you convicted? Was taking classes a condition of probation? Assuming we are dealing with misdeameanors, chances are the California authorities are not going to pursue a case like this very often. If I understand the question, for you to get in more trouble, California would probably need to obtain a conviction for a probation violation which they probably would not pursue.

From your facts, you have a bench warrant for a low grade offense in CA, and are presently in TX. The liklihood of CA (the requesting State) ever extraditing you from TX (the requested Sate) is probably very small. CA will likely just leave the warrant as an active warrant in CA, which means that it will stay open and something you will need to deal with at some point. I suggest you contact an experienced criminal defense lawyer in CA and discuss this. In all liklihood, the lawyer will tell you that the only way to resolve this will be to get the matter re-listed on the Court docket, which may require you to re-appear in CA to answer this matter. In similar cases in NJ, I have gotten warrants lifted and cases disposed of with no appearance by my client in NJ. Unfortunately, this is not the common outcome. Contact the lawyer and ask for help. At least you will be able to confirm the manner in which a local practitioner believes this will play out.

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If you cannot afford a private attorney to take care of the warrant and your case I suggest that you talk to the public defenders office. They may be able to help you.

I am an Orange County criminal defense lawyer. If you would like, you can visit my website at www.criminaldefenseduilawyer.com and email me about your case and I will see if I can help you with your warrant in Orange County.

Gabriel Dorman