You may choose to propose a different plan for resolving your case by agreement or you may reject the offer and go to trial. In a traffic violation trial, the State will begin by calling its witness es. Usually, this includes the officer who gave you the ticket. The officer testifies under oath. You have a right to ask the officer questions if you wish.
Once the State is finished presenting its case, you have the right to call witnesses and testify yourself if you wish. If you choose to testify, you will do so under oath. Once both sides are finished with their presentations, the judge will tell you her or his decision.
If you wish to appeal the decision made by the judge, you have 21 days to do so. You will be required to pay the fine and filing fee for any appeal made. If you are successful on appeal, you will receive your fine money back.
Receiving a trial date If you contest one or more violations on your ticket within the time allowed to respond, you will receive a Notice of Trial by mail. Where will your trial be held?
How to submit proof documents 1. Traffic Violations Trial Process On the date and time of your traffic trial, you must appear at the location of the District Court indicated on your Notice of Trial. There is no membership section where you log in to see members-only declarations. If you are a newly paid member with a ticket of this type and violation, this declaration example will be emailed to you once I receive your membership fee and one of us has had a chance to review your registration information.
This can often take up to a day. Please be patient. If you are a returning paid member requesting additional examples past your first request, please send us a copy of the ticket you need help with.
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Even where an explanation doesn't amount to a full legal defense to the violation, the judge might accept your explanation as grounds to lower the fine amount. Emergencies—not of your own making—can justify a violation under the "necessity" defense. The key to this defense is to prove that it was necessary to commit the violation in order to avoid a much greater harm. For example, an unlicensed driver who nevertheless gets behind the wheel to transport a seriously injured child to the hospital could likely beat a ticket for driving without a license under the necessity defense.
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Grow Your Legal Practice. Meet the Editors. Strategies for Fighting a Traffic Ticket. Here's how to fight your speeding or traffic ticket. Show Up in Court and Get Lucky Although there's not much actual strategy involved, drivers sometimes beat tickets in court just by showing up.
Challenge the Officer's Subjective Conclusion With some traffic violations, it comes down to whether the officer's subjective conclusion is reasonable. Challenge the Officer's Observations With many types of violations, the accuracy of the officer's observations is key. Show Your Violation Resulted From a "Mistake of Fact" Judges often give some leeway with regard to circumstances beyond a driver's control.
Show the Violation Was Necessary to Avoid a Greater Harm Emergencies—not of your own making—can justify a violation under the "necessity" defense. In case it isn't obvious, a legitimate necessity defense doesn't come up very often.
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