chakra71
04-21-2003, 04:36 PM
Well my friends, it's finally finished. Some of the others on here might remember that i got a reckless driving ticket last september, about 3 weeks after getting my car.
The cop said that i went squeeling off from a stop light in my heavily modified silver civic that had been lowered and had a huge exhaust in the back... I let the judge in my first trial know that I had a black civic hatchback that was completely stock and was anything but lowered, and that i did no such thing. The judge found me guilty of reckless driving and fined me the maximum fine ($500) plus court costs.
I appealed and finally had my 2nd day in court today. I spoke with the prosecutor (who thankfully was very good friends with my step-mother) and he said that it was my word against the cop's word and my driving history doesn't speak very well for my word. He said that the only hope i had was to plea down to a lesser offense and hope the judge had pitty on me. So that is what I did.
I plead down to a charge of simple speeding and the judge accepted it. He gave me a fine of $100 plus court costs (going to suck, cost for original trail and the appeal trial). All in all it's much better than the original offense (1 point on record vs 6 and when combined with my record the state would have pulled my liscence).
All this for something i didn't even do THAT time. I'm sure i deserve it for some of the crazy stuff I have done in the past. Karma is a bitch.
Thanks for the support, and to others out there... GET A LAWYER. The system is rigged against you. Get someone that knows how to use it.
The cop said that i went squeeling off from a stop light in my heavily modified silver civic that had been lowered and had a huge exhaust in the back... I let the judge in my first trial know that I had a black civic hatchback that was completely stock and was anything but lowered, and that i did no such thing. The judge found me guilty of reckless driving and fined me the maximum fine ($500) plus court costs.
I appealed and finally had my 2nd day in court today. I spoke with the prosecutor (who thankfully was very good friends with my step-mother) and he said that it was my word against the cop's word and my driving history doesn't speak very well for my word. He said that the only hope i had was to plea down to a lesser offense and hope the judge had pitty on me. So that is what I did.
I plead down to a charge of simple speeding and the judge accepted it. He gave me a fine of $100 plus court costs (going to suck, cost for original trail and the appeal trial). All in all it's much better than the original offense (1 point on record vs 6 and when combined with my record the state would have pulled my liscence).
All this for something i didn't even do THAT time. I'm sure i deserve it for some of the crazy stuff I have done in the past. Karma is a bitch.
Thanks for the support, and to others out there... GET A LAWYER. The system is rigged against you. Get someone that knows how to use it.