Court question- help, i have court tomorrow morning!

[james]

So i got a speeding ticket the other day. it was my first ticket ever. i'd prefer to have a clean record or at least not pay the 210 dollars. someone mentioned that i could ask the judge if i could take some traffic classes to lower the fine.

so to do this am i pleading guilty or not guilty?

thanks, and wish me luck. please!


james

[sullen]

just pay the fine and wait your 3 years and itll be gone. wont go on insurance if its less than 14 over

[james]

just pay the fine and wait your 3 years and itll be gone. wont go on insurance if its less than 14 over

15 over. damn.

[Echonova]

So i got a speeding ticket the other day. it was my first ticket ever. i'd prefer to have a clean record or at least not pay the 210 dollars. someone mentioned that i could ask the judge if i could take some traffic classes to lower the fine.

so to do this am i pleading guilty or not guilty?

thanks, and wish me luck. please!


james

Go on the lamb, won't cost you a dime.

[Leadfoot_mf]

wow way to go perry mason nothing like being prepared for court.

[KevinT707]

Ask if you can get it reduced 1 MPH & tell them you're willing to do community service since you haven't done it yet + Defensive Driving class; ask for the solicitor and dress professional.

[tippatone]

What city/county some places give you the opyion of no low which means you plead guity and pay a fine without your joint getting points on it

[HalfBaked]

Ask for a plea bargain.

Plead guilty but only if they drop the speed. It works 90% of the time all the time.

[RandomGuy]

go in tomorrow get a continuance

they'll extend your court date for like a month? (depending on where it is)

and then you can get your shit together and go back

[osnap]

Ask if you can get it reduced 1 MPH & tell them you're willing to do community service since you haven't done it yet + Defensive Driving class; ask for the solicitor and dress professional.

Reps if i can for the best advice possible. This is EXACTLY what you ought to do.

What city/county some places give you the opyion of no low which means you plead guity and pay a fine without your joint getting points on it

LOL @ "no low". its nolo.... as in "nolo contendere". and if its only 15 over, you'll probably want to go for that 1mph reduction 1st to eliminate the offense from your record and reserve that nolo plea for a more serious offense, as you can only use it once every 5 years iirc.

[tippatone]

I know but i was assuming he never heard of it so i was wording it so it could look like it sounded, but since i am in english class i will cross my t's and dot my i's, OK

Reps if i can for the best advice possible. This is EXACTLY what you ought to do.



LOL @ "no low". its nolo.... as in "nolo contendere". and if its only 15 over, you'll probably want to go for that 1mph reduction 1st to eliminate the offense from your record and reserve that nolo plea for a more serious offense, as you can only use it once every 5 years iirc.

[osnap]

orly? thank god you could provide the proper phonetic pronunciation. :jerkit:

lol i was just letting ya know, no need to get defensive about it

[tippatone]

I was just joking with ya please get a sense of humor

orly? thank god you could provide the proper phonetic pronunciation. :jerkit:

lol i was just letting ya know, no need to get defensive about it

[Psycho]

So i got a speeding ticket the other day. it was my first ticket ever. i'd prefer to have a clean record or at least not pay the 210 dollars. someone mentioned that i could ask the judge if i could take some traffic classes to lower the fine.

so to do this am i pleading guilty or not guilty?

thanks, and wish me luck. please!


james

For any plea bargain you are pleading guilty. So first you must plea not guilty in order to talk to the solicitor.
They're going to try to put you through as much punishment as possible. So if you want a mph knocked off, just tell them that but let them decide the punishment for themselves. Don't offer to do any community service or anything else unless they say no.

[osnap]

I was just joking with ya please get a sense of humor

it seems ive mis-read your e-humor. lol i was jfwy too.... now lets get outta here before this gets gay and we hug or something.

[tippatone]

LMAO

it seems ive mis-read your e-humor. lol i was jfwy too.... now lets get outta here before this gets gay and we hug or something.

[Psycho]

Usually they will want you to attend a victim's impact panel. In which you go into an auditorium at the Gwinnett Justice Center, and listen to a guy with one leg babble about how shitty his life is for about an hour. But if you offer to do community service they will gladly make you do that as well.

[tippatone]

This may be off topic but has anyone has the pleasure of being hassled by the city of east point i think they are corrupt

[james]

Ask if you can get it reduced 1 MPH & tell them you're willing to do community service since you haven't done it yet + Defensive Driving class; ask for the solicitor and dress professional.

judge said anyone there could plead not guilty, guilty, nolo, motion to hire a lawyer, or pre-trial. I decided to do pretrial. this way i could talk to a prosecutor about what I did. So i sat down in this guy's office, and without saying a word he was like "well heres what I can do". and he said he would lower it 2 mph. This way, no insurance rates increase, and it was $50 less than it was at 15 over.

fuck continuance.

btw there were some fucking derelicts in there. jeez, some fuckers didnt even dress nicely, and they were laughin and shit. wtf are they thinkin?

[Dirty Octopus™]

stop being such a NOOB.
you've got a LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG way till anything really threatening happens to your life
pay the friggin fine and move along.

[james]

stop being such a NOOB.
you've got a LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG way till anything really threatening happens to your life
pay the friggin fine and move along.

thanks for the advice douchebag. a day late. and horrible advice at that.

[RISKYB]

plead nolo and pay the fine, atleast no points will be isued

[Dirty Octopus™]

stop being a NOOB and untie your wad of panty. pay the fine and keep living

[5spdfrk]

This may be off topic but has anyone has the pleasure of being hassled by the city of east point i think they are corrupt

Got a court date with them next week.

[Leadfoot_mf]

judge said anyone there could plead not guilty, guilty, nolo, motion to hire a lawyer, or pre-trial. I decided to do pretrial. this way i could talk to a prosecutor about what I did. So i sat down in this guy's office, and without saying a word he was like "well heres what I can do". and he said he would lower it 2 mph. This way, no insurance rates increase, and it was $50 less than it was at 15 over.

fuck continuance.

btw there were some fucking derelicts in there. jeez, some fuckers didnt even dress nicely, and they were laughin and shit. wtf are they thinkin?

rock on yeah when ever i am feeling low and worthless i like to spend a day in court cheers me up every time.

[KevinT707]

judge said anyone there could plead not guilty, guilty, nolo, motion to hire a lawyer, or pre-trial. I decided to do pretrial. this way i could talk to a prosecutor about what I did. So i sat down in this guy's office, and without saying a word he was like "well heres what I can do". and he said he would lower it 2 mph. This way, no insurance rates increase, and it was $50 less than it was at 15 over.

See what I mean, good advice eh? I'm not sure if your case was in Cobb but they're not very nice there; 99.9% of the time they will NOT lower the MPH. But yeah continuance would've been good if they weren't working in your favor so you could just get extra time by asking for it, then come back later with either a lawyer or have some community service hours + Def Driving & hope they are nicer this time around.

DO NOT listen to the fools that tell you to use your NOLO , don't waste it on a small speeding ticket cause you're only allowed 1 every 5 years.