If you are wanted on a felony warrant by Oregon, AND Oregon REALLY wants you, they will have Texas arrest you on an interstate warrant and have you extradited back to OR.
Best advice: You, or your attorney, contact OR and offer to get it squared away. Believe me, these things NEVER go away - especially a felony - and if you believe in Murphy's Law, it these things have a habit of suddenly jumping up and biting you and get you into a world of trouble, right when you least expect it.
There is no limitation on the life of a warrant. It's there until you get arrested or make arrangements to resolve the matter with the issuing court.
If you were charged with a felony - appeared in court - the charge was reduced from a felony offense to a misdemeanor offense - and then you skipped out and it has been necessary to issue a warrant for your arrest; It means that by fleeing you failed to complete your part of the 'legal' bargain and the felony charge would quite likely be re-instituted and you could now be a fugitive felon.
Fugitive from justice is not a felony itself, but rather a status of someone who has fled from the jurisdiction where they are facing criminal charges or have been convicted of a crime. The underlying criminal offense that led to the fugitive status may be a felony or a misdemeanor, depending on the circumstances.
If the offense you were found guilty of when you received your probation sentence was a felony, then your violation will be a felony warrant.
no it not a felony
Oregon does not extradite unless its a felony nand sometimes they dont do it then.
It means that you are now a fugitive, and the court will issue a bench warrant for your immediate arrest. Since it is a felony offense it will, in all likliehood, be put out to all states on the interstate law enforcement computer network (NCIC).
Warrants don't "turn into" something different. When a warrant is issued it is either issued for a misdemeanor or a felony offense. It doesn't change.
You'll be a fugitive - subject to arrest whenever (if ever) you try to re-enter the country. In this day and age, they run checks on firtually all arriving international passengers and when your name appears with a felony warrant you WILL be arrested.
Yes Oregon does extradite out of Hawaii, even more so on a class C felony. Your best bet is to call an attorney before any other charges are brought against you. Extradition is a very lengthy process, why wait in jail for months if you can resolve the problem before this process occurs.
Violation of Probation Warrant
is a bench warrant a felony