What if you plead not guilty and cannot pay the bail?
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What if you plead not guilty and cannot pay the bail?
I received a citation for trespassing and have been scheduled for an appearance in court in about a week. From what I can recollect from my traffic citation appearance, there where some people there with citations for other misdemeanor and had to pay bail if they pleaded not guilty. What if you plead not guilty but you can not pay the bail amount?
Asked on November 19, 2011 under Criminal Law, California
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
A traffic citation is difference than a criminal trespass action which is a misdemeanor. A traffic citation is an infraction.
In the traffic matters, I doubt that there was a requirement of a bail for a plea of not guilty. I suspect that there was a plea of guilty and the amount assessed was the fine at the traffic matter.
Bail is the amount to get a person out of jail to ensure his or her appearance at court later on. If you are free from being in jail, there will be no bail requirement for you. If you plea not guilty regarding the charge of trespass against you, I doubt that there will be any bail assessed as to you.
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