Procedimientos sobre la falta de comparecencia y el derecho a fianza

Explicación Simple

Si alguien no se presenta ante el juez cuando debe, se registra eso y se avisa al tribunal. Si una persona está en la cárcel y puede pagar una fianza, puede salir si el tribunal acepta el pago.

Es como si fueras a una cita y no llegas; la persona que te esperaba anota que no llegaste y te da otra oportunidad, pero si llegas tarde y tienes dinero para la cena, puedes irte a casa.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue arrestado y le dijeron que debía presentarse ante un juez el lunes. Si no se presenta, el juez anota su ausencia y le informa al tribunal. Si Juan está en la cárcel y tiene un amigo que puede pagar su fianza, su amigo va al tribunal y, si todo está bien, Juan puede salir.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 766.16 - Default of recognizance; record; procedure Sec. 16. If the person recognized according to the provisions of this chapter shall not appear before the magistrate at the time appointed for his further examination, the magistrate shall record the default, and shall certify the recognizance, with the record of such default, to the court to which the accused might otherwise have been held for trial, and the like proceedings shall be had thereon as upon the breach of the condition of a recognizance for appearance before such court. MCL 766.17 - Admission to bail after commitment to jail; discharge of prisoner Sec. 17. Whenever no sufficient bail is offered, and the prisoner is committed to jail, the magistrate before whom the examination was had, shall certify upon the mittimus issued by him, the sum for which bail was required, and if the prisoner shall offer sufficient bail for such sum to the clerk of the court wherein the prisoner was committed for trial, it shall be taken by said clerk and the prisoner shall be discharged. MCL 766.18 - Admission to bail after commitment to jail; clerk of court, authority Sec. 18. The clerk of the court to whom such bail is offered, is authorized and required to examine the person or persons offered for bail on oath as to their pecuniary responsibility, and if he shall be satisfied with the same, to take bail and certify and return the recognizance in the same manner and to the same effect as the magistrate might have done. MCL 767.1 - Courts of record; jurisdiction over prosecutions upon information Sec. 1. The several circuit courts of this state, the recorders' courts and any court of record having jurisdiction of criminal causes, shall possess and may exercise the same power and jurisdiction to hear, try and determi