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RE: Ticket BS
Please take this "mine is bigger" off-line. It is not contributing to this
list at all.
Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA
1990 Coupe Quattro
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>From: dismiss@earthlink.net[SMTP:dismiss@earthlink.net]
>Sent: Saturday, April 06, 1996 4:28 PM
>To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: Ticket BS
>
>Not to publicize this on the Quattro page, but just to clarify...
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>>>>Any clerk will know what an abstract is.... Whatever. Take a
>trip to the judge's office where you were last "convicted" and see. Two
>types of docket sheets: Court docket and Case docket. You should know
>this.<<<
>
>I deal with clerks in several courtrooms every day, and more over I am in
>the prosecutor's office every day also. I have experience with all kinds
>of clerks, in several jurisdictions. On that note, you said "docket sheet"
>and this implies the "daily docket." As far as court docket and case
>docket, the difference? Are you implying that one is some sort of a master
>list the clerk keeps on every case in front of a judge? Its usually called
>a computer database, in most jurisdiction kept on a county-wide basis,
>unless of course you are talking about CLETS, CII, FBI2, NCIC, NCIC2.....
>
>>>>Dismiss Ticket. "Cannot be done"<<< What planet did you fly in from???
>>>>Get it done for my friends.>>>
>
>I don't believe I said you CAN'T get a ticket dismissed, because it is
>obvious you can. You said a ticket will be dismissed sometimes if you pay
>a fine. Well, I don't know where you live, but good luck in CA getting
>this, and from what I have seen in other states, it just does not happen
>this way. Now, if you are talking about a minor possession charge and that
>being dismissed AFTER the completion of a "Drug Education Class" (like
>traffic school, then dismissal) that is different. Review your Con Law
>principles counselor, you should know the difference. The class/traffic
>school is not legally considered "punishment" as is a fine. Nobody pays a
>fine and has the ticket dismissed, unless you are in court that plays by a
>set of rules enacted on "another planet".
>
>>>>Again, there is really no such thing as "pay a triple fine and
>have the ticket dismissed YOU CANNOT BE PUNISHED IF YOU DO NOT GET
>CONVICTED OF SOMETHING"<<<< Come on. If you are a judge, then maybe you
>don't know what gets done outside your court. If you are a lawyer, and
>do this for a living, then you ought to know it is done--regularly.
>Again, BTDT. The point to all this traffic mess is you have to find
>someone that can work with the prosecutor. If that happens to be a
>"traffic lawyer" then great, you got off cheap[er]. BUT, don't tell me
>it can't be done, 'cause I got it done for a buddy who is a commercial
>driver LAST WEEK!! You don't think he was happy to pay a fine and not
>have it go to the BMV? BTW, I charged him $0.00. Took 15 minutes and he
>wasn't even in the State.<<<
>
>I realize you have some sort of grudge against traffic lawyers, but it
>sounds like you are a civil lawyer who thinks he can skate in and "smooth
>everything over" like it is no big deal. You paint a picture that is
>misleading. Traffic violations are no longer treated as Mickey Mouse
>charges like they were ten years ago. What are your legal grounds for
>rationalizing that what your court does is constitutional? Apparently your
>jurisdiction has many defendants who are wholly unaware of their rights and
>the case law behind punishment and fines.
>
>I'll bet the DMV will get info on your buddy, because most states require
>ALL proceedings brought against Commercial Drivers be forwarded to the
>BMV/DMV. Remember that little thing like "the standard of care for experts
>(commercial drivers) being a little more that the average, reasonable
>person...etc."? But seriously counselor, if you pay a fine, you are
>admitting guilt, regardless of the points. You are being convicted and
>there will be a record, no matter what you think. Otherwise, your court is
>engaged in some sort of money making scheme.
>
>
>>>>Expungement<<< I didn't say [did I?] that a prosecutor could
>expunge your record. You infer however, that things like DUI can't be
>expunged. Again, BTDT. Heard of deferred prosecution?<<<
>
>Yes, you did say that. Deferred prosecution? You mean a "stay of
>proceedings"? A deferred prosecution (as you put it) normally means the
>court will stay the proceddings until you complete traffic school or
>otherwise. Moreover, if it is a misdemeanor (not an infraction) you will
>have to get the defendant to waive time....but that's "BTDT" as you say.
>Some states will let a DUI be expunged, but the legal effect may only be
>that employers, etc. may not be able to view the info, but the conviction
>in most states will still serve as a first offense. Other states will not
>let certain "movers" be expunged. I do not think I implied it could not,
>under any circumstances, be expunged.
>
>
>>>>"judicial notice" of the validity of radar guns<<< Right and
>wrong. If you don't make an issue of the calibration of the gun it will
>be accepted. If you are a judge but don't allow experts on the issue of
>radar guns--shame on you. They are NOT always right. BTDT.
>
>I did imply a wholesale denial of expert testimony on calibration issues.
>This will almost certainly come in. The JN was to the validity of a radar
>gun in general, which in most jurisdictions is a decided issue. I do not
>believe I ever came close to stating that the guns are always right. Which
>ones are you talking about? Stalkers, MPH's, K-55's....?
>
>
>>>>traffic lawyers<<< Some good some bad. Nothing new there. I
>was not insinuating incompetence across the board. As for "smoking" a
>"regular" crimminal defense lawyer, well, believe what you will. Some
>lawyers go to traffic so they can feed their family. No problem here
>with that. However, most "regular" [your word] crimminal defense lawyers
>avoid traffic like the plague. Let's put it this way, good trial lawyers
>don't turn down securities work or product cases in order to keep their
>calender open for traffic court. Never charged a dime for working out
>traffic stuff--done strictly as a favor for friends. Most good crimminal
>defense lawyers are too busy on paying cases to work out a ticket.
>Except for a friend.<<<
>
>You make it sound like I am talking about those who advertise "PI, Probate,
>Divorce, Criminal, Traffic...etc." I am talking about those guys who are
>EXPERTS. There are very few, and I doubt you have ever met any of them.
>"Regular" was a layman term for those on the list without the legal
>background. Semantics are semantics (except in court, of course). Where
>do you practice? How can you say most criminal defense lawyers avoid
>traffic like the plague? I know many criminal defense lawyers that see
>these as an opportunity to make good money with relatively uncomplicated
>legal issues and no real time drain.
>
>"Good" trial lawyers specialize, and they do often turn down securities and
>product liability cases because they are not EXPERTS on this. The "good"
>general trial lawyer you refer to is a dying breed. Kind of like the last
>"general practitioner" MD I saw who was telling me about the AIDS research
>he was doing right after his last neurosurgery....
>
>BTW, does representing your friend in a traffic matter count as pro bono at
>your firm? Also, I do think traffic cases are considered "paying cases,"
>as I am sure no lawyer (other than lottery winners) does pro bono traffic
>cases (unless, like you, he knows the defendant).
>
>
>>>>Inaccurate Information<<< To coin an old phrase, ain't a cowboy 'til
>>>>you stepped in shit. Been in shit from Denver to Dallas, Miami to
>>>>Michigan, never once been accused of givin' bad information. Just call
>>>>it like I see it and like I do it.<<<
>
>Yeah, I guess working for a federal judge, a large corporate firm, in-house
>for a Fortune 500 company, and the DA's office won't qualify as having
>"stepped in shit". BTW, these were not all in California. You may have
>not been accused of givin' bad info before, but it seems to me in this
>instance....
>
>Oh, forget it.
>
>The Judge
>
>'90 80Q
>'85 5K (real son of a bitch; gone and forgotten)
>'84 VW Scirocco 16V Wolfsburg Ed.
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