Well i got a BS Ticket need advice

GDawg said:

Plead "Not Guilty"... ask for a trial by jury. It's very expensive for the court to do so. They will hit you with the proscuting attorney to plea bargain. You can get "careless driving" at a minimum but I would go for "jack rabbit" start or "show of power" which are some lessor offenses. Maybe even just speeding.

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DECATUR - Linda Hamilton wanted to get out of a $95 speeding ticket. Instead, she ended up with a two-day jail sentence and a year of probation.
Hamilton, 38, was ticketed last July for driving 62 mph in a 45-mph zone on Georgia Highway 124 in suburban Atlanta. She did not believe she was speeding and contested the ticket, demanding a jury trial.
When the jury found Hamilton guilty after a recent two-day trial, DeKalb County State Court Judge Denise Majette sentenced the Conyers woman to two days in jail, a year on probation, 80 hours of community service and a $1,200 fine.
Hamilton said Majette also delivered a blistering reprimand during sentencing, saying the court's time had been wasted.
The judge denied giving the woman a scolding. Majette said she explained "that a great deal of time and expense was devoted by everyone involved."
Hamilton, who said this was her first speeding ticket, represented herself during the trial. "Obviously, not very well," she said.
She and the police officer who wrote the ticket were the only witnesses in the trial, and the jury deliberated for about three hours, Hamilton said.
"She was informed before she went to trial of all risks and benefits of having counsel represent her, and she made a knowing, intelligent and voluntary waiver of her right to counsel," Majette said. "The jury found her guilty, and the court imposed a sentence within the parameters of a misdemeanor case."
Atlanta attorney Ronald Arenson, who is handling Hamilton's appeal, called the sentence a "little excessive."
"I don't think she should be punished for taking her constitutional rights," Arenson said. "Usually these cases are handled by a judge, but she chose a jury trial, and that's what they are punishing her for, for taking up the jury and the court's time."
Hamilton's appeal bond was set Tuesday at $10,000, which she paid in cash.
"I always tell my 10-year-old son that you should stand up for what you believe in," Hamilton said. "And I'm afraid that this does not set a good example of justice."

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Solid104 said:

DO NOT PAY THAT TICKET!!!!!! Im 20, Ive had 4 tickets....and I have NOT ONE POINT ON MY LICENCE.

I live in South Florida, Im not sure how the courts are in other states, but when I get a ticket, I call 1800-citation, give them the ticket #, and pay them $90....and they make it like it never happend....no points, no high insurance....NOTHING....LOL

Solid

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DropTopPony said:

i guess it depends on your local racing punishment...i've heard in some areas of Cali the fines are huge...like 5,000 dollars huge. I would definately try to bargain down to like a seat belt ticket or something.

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