Mr. Metcalfe’s client was issued a citation by a police officer requiring the client to appear in court. However, the officer did not arrest and take Mr. Metcalfe’s client to the jail. Mr. Metcalfe’s client didn’t appear in court when he was required to do so. He was then charged with the crime of Failure to Appear. This carries up to 364 days of jail. Mr. Metcalfe found some obscure case law that indicated that if a person was never actually put in custody (formally arrested or otherwise) a subsequent failure to appear in court does not qualify for the criminal charge of Failure to Appear. At trial, Mr. Metcalfe produced that case law and proved that the facts of his case were exactly as described in the case law. Accordingly, the judge found Mr. Metcalfe’s client Not Guilty!