Mad Manatee Mentors v.2 thr.3 CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes considered) (Page 5)

And lawyers...so, I don't really know anything about the process. After sentencing what happens? 

And would one have any other reason to stay in jail than not being able to afford bail?

Sentencing closes the case.  Then he has to serve whatever sentence that may be.  If he is sent to prison, there are some administrative things that take place before he is transferred from the jail to prison.  A geeky legal point - jail is a county holding facility where people are held awaiting trail or serving sentences of less than a year.  Prison's are state facilities where sentenced people serve time a year or more.  Anyway, if his sentence only calls for probation or community control (house arrest), he will be processed for that and start his sentence.

Assuming he pleads to the charge (so, no trial), the only other possible event after sentencing is a restitution hearing.  Many times restitution is set at time of sentencing, but since your bills are still to be determined, you will probably have a hearing.

I tried to look up the case, but King COunty's clerk's website stinks!  So, what's the status?

Ugh sorry. I messed that up. Not sentencing. Arraignment. He was arraigned two weeks ago. I haven't heard anything since via my case manager at the crime victims unit which means nothing has probably happened since.

http://ingress.kingcounty.gov/inmatelookup/interimResults.aspx?ba=214026796&bt=

It doesn't really tell you much...

Arraignment is the start of the case.  It is where he is told of the formal charges brought by the District Attorney and, if he hasn't gotten one already, asked if he can afford an attorney or wants a public defender.  He also enters his plea.  99.99% of the time, a person pleas not guilty at this stage.  From that point on the State will engage in the discovery process with the defense, e.g, give the defense all the police reports, witness statements, defendant's statement (if any), medical reports etc.  If the defense has any witness or anything it intends to use at trial - other than the defendant himself, they have to turn that over to the State.  Each side then takes depositions of the other's witnesses -again, other than defendant.  Depending upon the issues in the case, there may be pre-trial motions the court has to decide, e.g., if the defendant confessed, the defense will want to try to keep it out of evidence, so they will look to see if they can make any straight-faced argument that his Miranda rights were violated.  There will be a hearing to determine whether they were.  That is just an example, there are many other potential arguments the sides may have that the judge will have to resolve.  The next automatic court hearing should be a pre-trail conference.  Each jurisdiction differs a bit, but generally, this is where the sides tell the court if they are ready for trial or whether bad guy is going to enter a plea of guilty or no contest to the charge.  In my area, for serious felony charges, the defense usually says they are not ready for trial and ask for a continuance so they can continue taking depositions or talking to experts etc.  If that happens, another pre-trial conference date is set.  Some cases can take years to get to trial.  Remember the Casey Anthony case?  THat took almost 3 years before it went to trial.  That is longer than most and did involve a murder charge, so I'm sure your case will be resolved much sooner.

If he enters a plea, he will be sentenced per the plea agreement he has with the State.  I'm not sure what your jurisdiction does, but here sentencing is usually done the same day as the plea is entered.  Sometimes it is put off for various reasons.

Regarding why someone would stay in jail rather than post bail; there could be a few reasons, to include if he knows he's going to get time he may want to stay there because all the time he sits in jail awaiting sentencing will count for that sentencing, so by the time he actually gets sentenced he could have a good chunk already done.  Some people will do this coming up to the holidays b/c if he pleads, say in early December and expects like a 6 month sentence he could have completed the sentence at time of sentencing so he'll be out for the holidays.  Another reason may be he has a hold from another jurisdiction or case and can't get out.

Hope the above makes sense.  If not, let me know !!

Clear as mud! Nah, it seems to make sense. I was thinking maybe he was staying in for that reason. Also, he's in the military...er was, so, he might not be in a hurry to get back to work.  

I should say, I don't know how they handle things like this. Technically he's not guilty, yet. But he has been awol, right? 

yea, I'm not sure how the military handles things other than I know that the code of military justice is tougher than civilian criminal code.  He could be facing a court martial b/c these charges too.