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Hey, shmokes, small legal question for you....
Vigo:
--- Quote from: shmokes on February 08, 2012, 03:50:26 pm ---Then you pay the fine, get the points, etc. Jesus Christ . . .
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There is your official legal advice, Gray. I wouldn't be surprised if you see bill in the mail in a couple days.....
knave:
I feel as if I was overly brief in my last post if you are in California, Traffic court usually is two parts. a hearing and then a trial date if necessary. In the hearing you will wait to go in front of a judge and make a plea. This is where you can ask for traffic school, reduction in fines etc. If you plea not guilty the judge will ask you for your defense. From here the judge may offer you some other choices or offer to set a trial date.
At the trial is where you will present your evidence, the officer will present his and the judge will make a ruling. This is where, if the officer does not show up your case gets dismissed. (I do think most of the time they show,) Your defense had better be solid or the judge will rule against you and you will be required to pay the fine and get the points.
My opinion: If your defence is solid to begin with (with evidence etc) then the judge at the hearing can rule in your favor before you set the trial date, unless evidence is needed from the citing officer. So I think it is usually worth it to go to the hearing but possibly not to the trial. That is where the judge might be inclined to be more harsh...it's somewhat luck of the draw. If you want to ask to do traffic school ask at the hearing. Sometimes once if goes to trial the judges won't go for that option.
Traffic school in CA removes the points from your record.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: Vigo on February 08, 2012, 04:14:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on February 08, 2012, 03:50:26 pm ---Then you pay the fine, get the points, etc. Jesus Christ . . .
--- End quote ---
There is your official legal advice, Gray. I wouldn't be surprised if you see bill in the mail in a couple days.....
--- End quote ---
That's not my advice. That's what will happen if my advice turns out to be bad. But if going through a ticket mill is an option, it's almost always a better option than just shutting up and taking your medicine.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: shmokes on February 08, 2012, 03:50:26 pm ---Then you pay the fine, get the points, etc. Jesus Christ . . .
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I dunno man, I hear that ark went out and got hisself an edumacation and is soon going to earn twice what you do.
Maybe we should listen to him since he seems to be the Second Coming Of Chad(tm).
Or we could just see him as Yet Another Internet Troll(also tm) and view his advice the same way that we view PBJ's.
:droid
Vigo:
--- Quote from: shmokes on February 08, 2012, 04:48:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: Vigo on February 08, 2012, 04:14:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on February 08, 2012, 03:50:26 pm ---Then you pay the fine, get the points, etc. Jesus Christ . . .
--- End quote ---
There is your official legal advice, Gray. I wouldn't be surprised if you see bill in the mail in a couple days.....
--- End quote ---
That's not my advice. That's what will happen if my advice turns out to be bad. But if going through a ticket mill is an option, it's almost always a better option than just shutting up and taking your medicine.
--- End quote ---
I though lawyer rule #17 is that any comment that can be remotely interpreted as legal advice, no matter how vague, is invoiced as legal advice. ;)
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