For those of you that don't know I received 3 tickets from one officer. You can read the story here.
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91613
If you wanna see my ticket then go here
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93615
I had my court hearing yesterday (May 20th). I had my 15 minute case prepared and figured I could at least get out of two citations with the evidence I had along with the Ohio Revised Code. I filed a complaint with the officer and had a subpoena filled out and officially signed for the cruiser video. You would not believe the lies I received from the Clerk of Courts office. I thought they were out to help you, but if you request any documents they do the darnest job trying to cover up the evidence to use in ones defense. My neighbor (who is a cop) was going to serve the subpoena but his boss did not like the idea. What a crock.
Anyway, so I show up for court, completely ready to present my case when the prosecutor decides to plea bargin with me. They offered to get rid of the Tailgating offense (which is a moving violation, punishable up to a $150 fine and 1 point on my license), and to allow me to drop one of the other non moving violations.
I went ahead and plea bargined. The result? The judge gave me a 35 dollar fine rather than a 300 dollar fine with 1 point on my record.
Conclusion...It pays to go to court. I probably could of presented my case and got out of all 3 citations, but it wasn't worth the judge throwing out the non moving violations and then being stuck with the moving violation which goes on my record. The end result, I am extremely happy. The court got what they wanted, which was for me not to present my case, but yet have me plea guilty on one account, and I got what I wanted.
Now that court is over, I'm going to request a copy of the cruiser video, since I can get one for 5 bucks without jumping thru hoops.
Once I get it, I'll convert it to digital and put in on the web to show how much of an ASS the officer was since it IS public information.
:beer:
Ryan
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91613
If you wanna see my ticket then go here
http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93615
I had my court hearing yesterday (May 20th). I had my 15 minute case prepared and figured I could at least get out of two citations with the evidence I had along with the Ohio Revised Code. I filed a complaint with the officer and had a subpoena filled out and officially signed for the cruiser video. You would not believe the lies I received from the Clerk of Courts office. I thought they were out to help you, but if you request any documents they do the darnest job trying to cover up the evidence to use in ones defense. My neighbor (who is a cop) was going to serve the subpoena but his boss did not like the idea. What a crock.
Anyway, so I show up for court, completely ready to present my case when the prosecutor decides to plea bargin with me. They offered to get rid of the Tailgating offense (which is a moving violation, punishable up to a $150 fine and 1 point on my license), and to allow me to drop one of the other non moving violations.
I went ahead and plea bargined. The result? The judge gave me a 35 dollar fine rather than a 300 dollar fine with 1 point on my record.
Conclusion...It pays to go to court. I probably could of presented my case and got out of all 3 citations, but it wasn't worth the judge throwing out the non moving violations and then being stuck with the moving violation which goes on my record. The end result, I am extremely happy. The court got what they wanted, which was for me not to present my case, but yet have me plea guilty on one account, and I got what I wanted.
Now that court is over, I'm going to request a copy of the cruiser video, since I can get one for 5 bucks without jumping thru hoops.
Once I get it, I'll convert it to digital and put in on the web to show how much of an ASS the officer was since it IS public information.
:beer:
Ryan
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