Consecuencias de No Comparecer ante el Tribunal

Explicación Simple

Si un juez te dice que debes ir a una cita y no te presentas sin una buena razón, puedes meterte en problemas. Esto puede ser más grave si te están acusando de un delito serio. Es como no ir a clases y que te castigan por ello.

Es como cuando tu entrenador te dice que asistas a un partido importante y decides quedarte en casa. No solo te pierdes el juego, sino que también puedes ser sancionado por no cumplir con tu compromiso.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue liberado bajo fianza y se le ordenó presentarse en el tribunal el lunes a las 9 a.m. Sin embargo, Juan decide no ir porque prefiere quedarse en casa. Al no presentarse, podría enfrentar cargos adicionales y complicaciones legales.

Penalidades

Puede enfrentar un delito menor o mayor, dependiendo de la situación y el tipo de juicio.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

18 Pa.C.S. 5124 - Default In Required Appearance (a) Offense defined.--A person set at liberty by court order, with or without bail, upon condition that he will subsequently appear at a specified time and place, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if, without lawful excuse, he fails to appear at that time and place. The offense constitutes a felony of the third degree where the required appearance was to answer to a charge of felony, or for disposition of any such charge, and the actor took flight or went into hiding to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment. (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to obligations to appear incident to release under suspended sentence or on probation or parole. 18 Pa.C.S. 5125 - Absconding Witness § 5125. Absconding witness. A person commits a misdemeanor of the third degree if, having been required by virtue of any legal process or otherwise to attend and testify in any prosecution for a crime before any court, judge, justice, or other judicial tribunal, or having been recognized or held to bail to attend as a witness on behalf of the Commonwealth or defendant, before any court having jurisdiction, to testify in any prosecution, he unlawfully and willfully conceals himself or absconds from this Commonwealth, or from the jurisdiction of such court, with intent to defeat the end of public justice, and refuses to appear as required by such legal process or otherwise. 18 Pa.C.S. 1990 - Amendment § 5126. Flight to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment. (a) Offense defined. --A person who willfully conceals himself or moves or travels within or outside this Commonwealth with the intent to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment commits a felony of the third degree when the crime which he has been charged w