Stamford Disorderly Conduct Court Process

A disorderly conduct attorney can help you better understand the Stamford disorderly conduct court process if you have been charged. At the first court appearance, the person arrested will likely have to appear in court between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM. If they do not have an attorney, they need to make sure to get there when it is stated on the summons. If the person does not have an attorney, they should arrive at 9:00 AM or whatever time is stated on the summons.

If they do have an attorney, they may appear a little bit later because the attorney can handle some interim steps and would not require the person’s appearance right away. Once that person arrives at court, the first step that they can expect is a meeting with a Family Relations Counselor. After meeting with the Family Relations counselor, the person will then need to wait for the arraignment to start.

What is the Arraignment Process for Disorderly Conduct?

Stamford disorderly conduct court date expectations include participation in the arraignment process. That person will then go in front of the judge and the judge will decide whether there should be a protective order put in place and whether there should be any conditions of release other than a protective order, which may include monetary bail or a bond or non-monetary conditions depending on the circumstances of the case.

Once the person is going in front of the judge, the judge will give that person a new court date to come back. At that new court date and court dates that are subsequent to that, the person’s case will, at that point, be adjudicated over a long period of time but the process of actually resolving that person’s arrest will typically begin at the next and subsequent court dates, not at that first court date. Once the person is done appearing before the judge, they will be allowed to leave for the day and will not have to come back into court until the next court date that is set by the judge.

Facts About Reporting to Court

The first court date is the first available day that court is open after the arrest occurs. If it is on a weekend day, a Saturday, then the court date will be Monday. If the arrest occurs during the week, then it will be on the next weekday.

Stamford disorderly conduct court date expectations to keep in mind can include the role of a court summons. The person who is arrested for a domestic violence disorderly conduct will be given a summons to appear in court. That summons to appear will have the address of the courthouse and the time that they need to report to the courthouse and the address for the Stamford Courthouse is 123 Hoyt Street.

Defining Temporary Conditions of Release

Temporary conditions of release are conditions that a police officer will put in place that relate to the way that the person arrested may or may not interact with the domestic partner with whom the incident occurred. Those temporary conditions can be nothing if the police officer chooses not to put on any temporary conditions.

However, the police officer may choose to put in a condition prohibiting the person who was arrested for having any contact whatsoever with the domestic partner with whom they had the argument. That is the most severe level of temporary condition that a police officer might put in place.

In between no temporary conditions and no contact whatsoever are a couple of different options that the police officer may put in place. One of which is for the person who is arrested to just leave the home or at least not stay in the same place or residence as the other person with whom they were involved in the domestic incident.

Possible Changes to Conditions of Release Made by an Officer

The police officer may say that the person arrested can reside with the other person with whom they were involved in the domestic violence incident but they may not stalk, threaten, harass, or intimidate the other person with whom they were in that domestic incident. The lowest set of conditions typically mean that the person charged may have contact and speak with the other person but may not reside in the same place for that evening.

The most serious set of conditions can be that the person arrested cannot have any contact whatsoever with the other person or any means of communication with the protected party until further order of the court. The temporary conditions that the police officer puts in place are only good until the court makes any further order.

Contact a Stamford Attorney to Learn About the Disorderly Conduct Court Process

Reach out to our skilled team at the Law Offices of Mark Sherman to learn more about the Stamford disorderly conduct court process and how to best protect your rights.