If a cop pulls me over for something and I am aquited of that, will other charges still be held against me?

Question

If I can get the court to dismiss the reason I was pulled over would the other offences I was ticketed for still be held against me?

Answer 1

Each case is independent of the other. Thus, if one case is resolved or you are acquitted, the other cases will survive and you will still be tried for each case, respectively.

Answer 2

You have asked two very different questions from a legal perspective.

I'll answer your second question first:

Assuming you are in the United States, if you (or your defense attorney), properly file a motion to supress evidence on the basis that the traffic stop violated either your State Constitutional rights or your US Constitutional rights (they are not the same), and you prevail at that hearing, any evidence derived from the traffic stop will be suppressed. This usually means that any evidence or statements that the cops obtained after stopping you cannot be used against you at trial. If that evidence is suppressed, then there is typically nothing left of the prosecution's case and it is dismissed.

Be warned that this (evidence suppression and dismissal) does not happen very often. I would strongly urge you to obtain a criminal defense attorney if you are serious in making such a motion.

Regarding your first question: If your motion to suppress evidence is denied and you go to trial on multiple counts, the fact that you are acquitted on one count does not prevent the jury from finding you guilty on another count.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Yes, if the officer cannot show probable cause for pulling you over, the rest of the charges can be dropped as well. However, it doesn't take much for an officer to prove probable cause. Speeding, tail light out, dice dangling from the rear view mirror etc...

Answer 4

let me see if i understand what you are saying by making up a scenario. You get pulled over for rolling through a stop sign. when the cop gets up to your window, the cop finds out that you have illegal pedal covers, interior lights that are installed illegally and you get a ticket for those infractions also. then in that case yes the other tickets would be thrown out also. now if the other ticket was for lets say marijuana then no they will not throw it out. the reason being it is usually the most severe infraction that is the one they deal with first. they dont care about rolling through a stop sign if you have drugs on ya. they dont really care about after market mods when they are discovered becasue of a stop that got thrown out. i hope that makes sense. now if the officer pulled you over illegally then anything else found after that will be thrown out because of the "fruit of the poisonous tree" clause. basically it says that any evidence obtained because of illegally obtained evidence is all inadmissable. it can get complicated.

Answer 5

you want to elaborate on what happened?

When you get pulled over for an offense that automatically gives the police reasonable cause to do things like run your drivers license, check your insurance, etc. If they found drugs, or if you were DUI or were belligerent, you're out of luck.

I suggest you talk to a qualified attorney and not a bunch of schmucks on yahoo answers.

Answer 6

Yes. If the original stop was "in good faith", even though later dismissed, you will still be prosecuted for other charges found after that.

Answer 7

Yes. If you can prove you were pulled over based on false pretense then the other charges are dropped.

Answer 8

No they tack on several charges for a reason. They're slick and their assholes to boot.