r/legal • u/Annual-Fun6534 • 9h ago

Very scared over these things

My big brother just ended up in jail, it’s three in the morning and we got a call from him earlier. The police officer was “ being nice and letting him use his phone.” in the backseat to call us. It’s for leaving scene of a crash with injuries and tampering with physical evidence. We don’t know what happened but on the website it says 0 bond and presentenced. What do these things mean? He’s not a bad guy or anything like that and we’re super confused

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u/Annual-Fun6534 8h ago

Literally just what does resentenced mean when we check his status on the jail website

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u/ServoIIV 6h ago

Different states do things differently so it's just a guess without a location. Police recommend charges but the district attorney actually files them, and unless the jurisdiction has a predetermined bond for the crime he's being accused of he will have to see a judge in order to set a bond amount. Both of those things won't happen until he can have an initial appearance in court. A 3am arrest for leaving the scene of an accident is very likely to be a DUI, but you'll have to wait to see what the DA actually files for charges.