If you have a warrant and turn yourself in how many days will you have to serve?

Answer 1

Your turning yourself in on a warrant has only a slight impact on what your sentence is. Factors such as the severity of the crime, it's possible punishment, whether you are eligible for probation or alternative sentencing, it's impact on the victim (such as whether death, injury, or property damage occurred and to what extent of property damage occurred, whether the victim was a member of a certain categorized group (such as a law-enforcement officer, elderly, pregnant woman, or disabled, etc.), and other factors including, but not limiting to, if this crime was gang-related or if a firearm was used, have a higher impact on your case than if you turned yourself in. In many courts you may be sentenced for a crime and allowed so many days to turn yourself into the court or the sheriff to begin your sentence. Quite often the judge will sentence you to a harsh term, such as, let's say, five years. Then the judge will offer you a reduced (called mitigated) sentence if you turn yourself into the court on the date and time specified, in this case, about 18 months to maybe two years.