i'm gonna agree with QD and SPOOLIN on this. i would wait till court and explain your case. its worth a shot. i've done it a few times and its helped me get some thing reduced. just dress nicely in business attire. it helps.

its not like you're gonna go in there and be debating on how the stuff went down. more of, you go in, and probably sit with a lot of other people and wait to see the judge. once you see him, just tell him what happened, he will probably talk to you and ask a few questions. nothing too bad. not 100% sure how its gonna work there, but i'm going with how the city of rome does it here.