pvsi
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For a stop sign violation, decided to contest the ticket. paid the $75 no seat belt violation for my wife, but decided to plead not guilty for myself for not stopping at the stop sign. it's in the small town, first of all the building address was clearly wrong on the letter I got in the mail from judge - on the letter it's 14 grant street, while the actual building is 12 grant street, when I finally found the right building after walking around in the rain, after I talked to some secretary behind the window, an officer (who gave me a citation) was the first person I saw besides one other woman. Officer asked me what am I doing here, if I wanted to make a deal or something, telling me that if I will go in front of the judge and be found guilty that I will also have points deducted, I explained that since I drove nearly an hour to court it's still worth for me to have a chance to tell my story for the judge, then the officer asked me if I wanted to schedule a hearing, I said I thought I was here for the hearing, I asked when can the hearing be scheduled,... the officer then took me to the court room it was me and him, he went into judges room, told the judge something like "you have a hearing" judge came out within a less than a minute, all rise, please be seated, etc. calls my fathers name (last name same as mine) I corrected the judge said that's my fathers name (car I was driving was in my father's name), both the officer and the judge shoveled some papers around, the officer tried to make it look like I was committing some kind of fraud, while I was trying to speak and explain (that the mistake must have been made because the car was in my father's name) judge didn't want me to speak, I kept my hand raised in hopes to get a chance to clear up confusion, then the officer (not the judge) said you're dismissed (I must have missed when the judge said it, he didn't say anything to me) I said to the judge "can I speak?" (assuming "dismissed" means I was found guilty) he repeated you're dismissed as in "not guilty" I double checked to make sure that my father is not responsible, officer said, no you're good. that's it...
just thought I'd share this. I never seem to have luck speaking in court - not when Verizon sued me and I lost (without getting a chance to speak) not attempting to sue the guy who shot my dogs, and not today. it seems somehow the law is afraid of me opening my mouth or something. unreal.
just thought I'd share this. I never seem to have luck speaking in court - not when Verizon sued me and I lost (without getting a chance to speak) not attempting to sue the guy who shot my dogs, and not today. it seems somehow the law is afraid of me opening my mouth or something. unreal.
