What was he going to court to begin with?

(11-09-2010 08:13 PM)UCFKnightfan08 Wrote:  Ok it makes a lot more sense that he missed it now. I am sorry that he has to deal with a death in the family. Still should've contacted the court house prior, but at least its not like he blew it off.

Well I am not sure about the laws in FL but you can not just call a Court House and request a continuance in North Carolina, you have to be present in court to make this request. Also you are assuming he had legal representation, which is doubtful as I am sure his attorney would have shown up in court and explained the situation and would have requested a continuance.

If you fail to show for court no matter the reason and Bench Warrant is issued by the judge for failure to appear.

I had a major snafu happen to me several years ago. I recv'd a minor traffic violation while I was in the Mountains ( I live on the coast ). I was just going to mail the ticket in and pay the fine thus not having to show up in court.

Well I waited a little too late to mail the ticket to the courthouse with my fine payment. Needless to say it did not get to courthouse on time. Well a Bench Warrant was issued to my home County for failure to appear. When the ticket and my payment was recv'd by the Courthouse in the Mountains they failed to withdraw the the Bench Warrant.

Low and behold one Saturday morning I was awaken by a Police officer knocking on my door with a warrant for my arrest. I explained the situation and showed him my stub for the money order I sent for the payment of my ticket. No dice, the cop took me to his car which was parked in front of my residence, put me against his car, and cuffed my while all of my neighbors were watching. They took me downtown to the police station, took my mug shot and prints. Then they took me to the Jailhouse put me in a holding cell, gave me the jail clothes and took all my clothes. 2 hours later they let me make a phone call to my wife who had to come down to the jailhouse and post $500 bail to get me out.

The next Monday I called that County's Clerk of Court and they said yeah we got your payment and we will send you a check back for your $500 bail and said I did not have to show up for court on the Failure to Appear Warrant. I started to get a little pissed and inquired why they did not recall the bench warrant and their response was "well it is your obligation to show up for court or make sure your payment is recv'd prior to your court date"....Needless to say while I was pissed there was not much that I could say.

(11-09-2010 08:15 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  What was he going to court to begin with?

I think it was some sort of traffic violation..

(11-09-2010 08:33 PM)ECU-DMB Fanatic Wrote:  I think it was some sort of traffic violation..

Ok...I'm sure they will drop the charge of not showing up to court.

Yeah I'm sure it will be dropped.

ECU-DMB - Yeah, luckily I haven't had to appear so not exactly sure on how it works, but I'm sure there was something he could've done to get the date changed due to his circumstances.

(11-09-2010 08:33 PM)ECU-DMB Fanatic Wrote:  

(11-09-2010 08:13 PM)UCFKnightfan08 Wrote:  Ok it makes a lot more sense that he missed it now. I am sorry that he has to deal with a death in the family. Still should've contacted the court house prior, but at least its not like he blew it off.

Well I am not sure about the laws in FL but you can not just call a Court House and request a continuance in North Carolina, you have to be present in court to make this request. Also you are assuming he had legal representation, which is doubtful as I am sure his attorney would have shown up in court and explained the situation and would have requested a continuance.

If you fail to show for court no matter the reason and Bench Warrant is issued by the judge for failure to appear.

I had a major snafu happen to me several years ago. I recv'd a minor traffic violation while I was in the Mountains ( I live on the coast ). I was just going to mail the ticket in and pay the fine thus not having to show up in court.

Well I waited a little too late to mail the ticket to the courthouse with my fine payment. Needless to say it did not get to courthouse on time. Well a Bench Warrant was issued to my home County for failure to appear. When the ticket and my payment was recv'd by the Courthouse in the Mountains they failed to withdraw the the Bench Warrant.

Low and behold one Saturday morning I was awaken by a Police officer knocking on my door with a warrant for my arrest. I explained the situation and showed him my stub for the money order I sent for the payment of my ticket. No dice, the cop took me to his car which was parked in front of my residence, put me against his car, and cuffed my while all of my neighbors were watching. They took me downtown to the police station, took my mug shot and prints. Then they took me to the Jailhouse put me in a holding cell, gave me the jail clothes and took all my clothes. 2 hours later they let me make a phone call to my wife who had to come down to the jailhouse and post $500 bail to get me out.

The next Monday I called that County's Clerk of Court and they said yeah we got your payment and we will send you a check back for your $500 bail and said I did not have to show up for court on the Failure to Appear Warrant. I started to get a little pissed and inquired why they did not recall the bench warrant and their response was "well it is your obligation to show up for court or make sure your payment is recv'd prior to your court date"....Needless to say while I was pissed there was not much that I could say.

My uncle was in the same situation. Gotta speeding ticket in an ENC town. Once he got home he called a lawyer to take care of it. The lawyer forgot and he got in trouble. Needless to say a quick call to that lawyer cleared it up real quick.

(11-09-2010 08:33 PM)ECU-DMB Fanatic Wrote:  

(11-09-2010 08:15 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  What was he going to court to begin with?

I think it was some sort of traffic violation..

He did have a traffic violation, but he got a drunken disorder (or something like that), which is where this stems from. With Brandon Jackson like in February.

Here is what Giavanni Ruffin had to say about the situation:

"The comments that have been made about me have been hurtful. People have jumped to conclusions over the past day. My uncle died this past week and I had to go straight home in order to be there for my family and my mother who is ill with Lupus. During this stressful time, the court date slipped my mind. The coaching staff knew why I was going home. People have called me a thug I am not was never and never will be a thug; my mom raised me better than that. I made a mistake, and for that I am truly sorry. I have learned from my mistake and it has made me grow as a person. For the people who say I don’t deserve my scholarship, I have worked hard both on the athletic field and in the class room. I have maintained my grades and have tried to be an upstanding member of the pirate community. I don’t think it is fair for people to judge me as a person because you don’t know me and what is going on in my life. I am not trying to upset anyone I just wanted people to know my side of the story. "

(11-10-2010 12:03 AM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  Here is what Giavanni Ruffin had to say about the situation:

"The comments that have been made about me have been hurtful.

Checkmate

(11-10-2010 12:03 AM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  Here is what Giavanni Ruffin had to say about the situation:

"The comments that have been made about me have been hurtful. People have jumped to conclusions over the past day. My uncle died this past week and I had to go straight home in order to be there for my family and my mother who is ill with Lupus. During this stressful time, the court date slipped my mind. The coaching staff knew why I was going home. People have called me a thug I am not was never and never will be a thug; my mom raised me better than that. I made a mistake, and for that I am truly sorry. I have learned from my mistake and it has made me grow as a person. For the people who say I don’t deserve my scholarship, I have worked hard both on the athletic field and in the class room. I have maintained my grades and have tried to be an upstanding member of the pirate community. I don’t think it is fair for people to judge me as a person because you don’t know me and what is going on in my life. I am not trying to upset anyone I just wanted people to know my side of the story. "

Damn. I feel like a heel and I didn't even badmouth him. Way to go pirates.

(11-10-2010 10:30 AM)Black Bart Wrote:  

(11-10-2010 12:03 AM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  Here is what Giavanni Ruffin had to say about the situation:

"The comments that have been made about me have been hurtful. People have jumped to conclusions over the past day. My uncle died this past week and I had to go straight home in order to be there for my family and my mother who is ill with Lupus. During this stressful time, the court date slipped my mind. The coaching staff knew why I was going home. People have called me a thug I am not was never and never will be a thug; my mom raised me better than that. I made a mistake, and for that I am truly sorry. I have learned from my mistake and it has made me grow as a person. For the people who say I don’t deserve my scholarship, I have worked hard both on the athletic field and in the class room. I have maintained my grades and have tried to be an upstanding member of the pirate community. I don’t think it is fair for people to judge me as a person because you don’t know me and what is going on in my life. I am not trying to upset anyone I just wanted people to know my side of the story. "

Damn. I feel like a heel and I didn't even badmouth him. Way to go pirates.

I feel bad and all I did was state the football admin should have been on top of this... The comments on WITN are f-ing hideous, likely a combination of back-woods hillbillies, tar-holes and fudgepackers who have disdain for the university and football program as a whole. I guarantee these ideologies are not representative of the faithful like us who continue to shell out the $ through good times and bad.

Nah I'm sure there were some Pirate fans mixed in their as well. I wasn't necessarily singling you out with me post either.