Resisting arrest? What if you were never told you were under arrest?
953130
I think the cops were right.  \n\nCoach
185039
Your friend still has rights, but generally one of the terms that your friend may have agreed to as part of the agreement for probabtion is that the police can search without cause any time they want as often as they want. Your friend would be subject to the same type of "harrassment," as you put it, if he/she were in jail or prison. The purpose being that, while you friend is not in jail or prison, you friend needs to obey the law at all times to avoid being sent to jail or prison.
821424
You have the legal right to refuse to do a polygraph test. If you are being charged with an offense you were arrested and told your Miranda rights, one of which is the right to remain silent.\n   If you do voluntarily submit to the test , the results can be used as evidence against you in a future trial.
367716
have you been arrested? then you do, if not then no
488076
Was the arrest based on a complaint when you were out in public? It would seem that your home would be private. If you were not in public, you might report this arrest to the ACLU. They are short-staffed, but at least you would be on record. I won't let a cop in my house without a warrant, but it's a little late for that to help you now.
1009198
What do you mean by surrendering? Do you mean to just show it if asked?\n\nI'm not exactly sure. I mean common sense kind of tells us that we have the right to say NO to a cop as long as we aren't driving a car and aren't doing anything wrong.\n\nBUT then again, I've been asked for my identification before from a cop just because I was sitting at a park once. Was really weird and the cop said that sometimes drug ppl do that. It really ticked me off and afterwards I wished that I had refused just based on principle alone.
896506
First you are not clear about what you are asking\n\nOften if you are arrested and can not make bail, you will be held till the trial date.  then if the judge finds you guilty, you may be released with time served, and go free.  Or you may be found not guilty and go free.
411646
No, the police can't legally stop you "just because"...there must be at least be something known as reasonable suspicion.\n\nHowever, I have almost no idea what your question is because of the way you wrote it.  Any chance you can turn it into something that makes a little more sense?
281193
Well, I'm not entirely clear on just what the heck your question means.  Let me see if I can make it straight in my own head:\n\nYou got arrested based on an arrest warrant.  Evidently, you had something on you that was discovered by the police which has now become the subject of criminal prosecution, or you wouldn't care about how to challenge the warrant. \n\nYou didn't like getting arrested and having the cops find something on you that got you into more trouble, so you'd like to know how to challenge the original information that brought about the warrant that got you arrested and searched that resulted in the discovery of something you shouldn't have...right?\n\nPains me to help people like you.  Probably why I'm not a defense attorney.\n\nNow - you didn't define "illegal information," so I have no idea what that means and it's very important.  If you mean information that was illegally obtained (an unlawful wiretap by the government, for example), you challenge that by pointing out the wiretap was illegal, so the warrant was illegal, so the arrest was bad, so I shouldn't have had my dope taken away from me.  But...YOU don't challenge that, you pay an attorney to challenge it for you, because the attorney will have all the facts known to everybody at their disposal and can make intelligent decisions.  Nobody here can help you with that.\n\nSo illegally-obtained information is one thing.  Might be real clear when a judge sees what went on that the warrant shouldn't have been issued, might not be.  But you are asking about "illegal information" without explaining what that is.  I gotta say, without knowing what you're talking about, I can't give you a better answer than I already have.  People without legal training and experience often think things are legal or illegal based on what they read in the paper, see on TV, or watch in the movies...and it's often VERY different in reality.\n\nIf you want better answers, post the state you are in, and explain the "illegal information" business.\n\nEDIT 3/5/06:\n\nA law student doing legal research on Yahoo!Answers.  \n\nOkay.
219649
In the U.S., when you are arrested, the police must read you the Miranda warning before you can be questioned.  \n\nThough every U.S. jurisdiction has its own regulations regarding what, precisely, must be said to a person when they are arrested, the typical warning is as follows:\n\n"You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney and to have an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided to you at no cost. During any questioning, you may decide at any time to exercise these rights, not answer any questions, or make any statements."\n\nFor equivalent laws in other countries see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_warning#Equivalent_rights_in_other_countries
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A officier can not legally stop you outside of his jurisdiction.\n\nIf he did not turn on his lights and siren before he crossed his state line, then it was not a legal stop.\n\nA attorney can eat this up, even including possible illegal stop and detention by the police officer
294299
why'd you have a court appearance? sounds like false arrest under habeus corpus.
202497
Someone gets arrested and if the authorities think he will flee, he is a flight risk.  They will usually deny bail if they think someone is a flight risk.
466405
Since you had a lot of clearly drunk people in your vehicle, the police officer had reason to arrest you while performing the test. However, once you passed the test it would seem the officer would need something more to take you to jail. But he didn't - so what legal action could you possibly take, since nothing unreasonable happened to you except that you decided to walk home?
788713
It depends on what you mean. Once your in jail you are locked\nup and stay there  until you are released or transferred to prison.\nSome guys take it upon them selves to punish other inmates,\nand some prejudice cops take  upon themselves to beat the \nprisoner just for the heck of it and then turn around and make\nup a story to back themselves up, so they won't get sued or \narrested.  I lived in L.A.  for many years and I seen and heard\na lot about these cops. Plus I was a victim of their harassment,\nThey tried to drag me down stairs for no reason at all. Since I \nheld on tight to the rail, they decide to leave me alone, but if they\nwould of taken me in then they would of pulled over in an ally\nkicked my ass, then take me to jail and say I was resisting arrest.\nI don't live in L.A., CA. anymore but I do know how they work.\nI was around when they beat the crap out of Roddney King.\nI know I gave you more then you asked for but everything is the truth. It can happen to anybody.
998100
They would like to talk to you about your involvement in a domestic case.  They will probably question you if  they do not have solid evidence showing you were involved.  They will take you into a room usually with 2 investigators and it will probably be taped and recorded.  They will read you your rights and make you sign a piece of paper indicating you understand your rights.  If you wish to remain silent you tell them so and say you wish to consult with a lawyer first.  Depending on how serious the charges are they can hold up for up to 72 hours then they have to release you.  If you can not afford a lawyer one will be appointed to you.  And public defenders aren't the greatest.  I would go in and see what is going on.  Otherwise they could put a warrent out on you for you arrest.  Rather be safe then sorry.
992813
Thats an easy one. Just don't show up, you are the complaining witness in that case right?  If you dont show then theres no complaining witness, no complaining witness, no case, that means case dismissed. all charges dropped, but if the state picks up the charges you'll get a subpoena in the mail and you are compelled to show if you don't you get a capias for your arrest, and they make you testify anyway, but that probably wont happen.