Health and Safety Code 11357a
When a person is arrested for violating Health and Safety Code 11357(a), the person has been arrested for possessing a concentrated amount of cannabis. Such an arrest is associated with a punishment of imprisonment in the county jail where he or she was arrested for up to one year. Alternatively, the person could be fined up to $500. In some situations, the person is fined and imprisoned. In extreme cases, the person will be imprisoned in a state prison.
Every county in California treats defendants of Health and Safety Code 11357(a) violations in the same way. As such, it doesn’t matter whether a person is arrested in Fresno or San Diego; the outcome will be the same.
Bail is not always an option for defendants in this case. However, if the person is arrested for an additional offense for which there is a bail option, then the defendant may have to pay a bail amount as well as a fine. When bail is an option, the defendant may want to investigate bail bonding agencies.
A bail bonding agency is available to provide defendants with the funds that they need in order to be released from jail. The bail bonding agency will provide the full amount of the bail bond for a down payment that is generally equal to about ten percent of the full bail amount. For example, if a person has a bail of $10,000, then the bail bonding agency will probably charge the person $1,000 for its services. This down payment is not refundable to the defendant.
As long as the defendant fulfills his or her legal obligation to the courts, the bail bonding agency will receive a full refund of the bail amount. However, if the defendant does not fulfill the legal obligation, then the bail bonding agency may claim some collateral, such as a house, that was owned by the defendant. The bail bonding agency may also enlist the services of a bounty hunter in order to track down a defendant that did not appear in court to stand trial for his or her accused offenses. |
