Recently, my husband received a speeding ticket. When I looked over the ticket it had the wrong vehicle year, make, and color. The police officer didn't write anything correct about my husband's vehicle. Will this cause the charges to be dropped? We live in Florida and haven't lived here for long, so we're not sure if the rules are differen't here. Thanks!
2007-04-06 06:59:55 · 8 answers · asked by tiffgw 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Yes, that should be sufficient to win your case. You must plead innocent and go to court to win however. If it was radar, you stand an even better chance.
When you get your court date, ask for an adjournment (delay to a later date). The longer you wait, the less likely the officer will come to court, and the less likely he will remember the situation.
2007-04-06 07:05:21 · answer #1 · answered by mark 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Incorrect information on a summons may not ALWAYS provide for the dismissal of a summons.
Courts are aware that officers do make minor errors which can be overcome with other information properly annotated upon the summons. Additionally, the officer, if he appears in court, will most likely provide testimony to make corrections to his error.
In your behalf, however, appearing in court to contest the issues that if the officer made those errors....what's to say he wasn't also inaccurate in determining your speed and other issues leading up to the summons.
To say the least, when cases come to court, judges realize that those involved are taking time out of their workday to handle an important issue. Your chances of getting a lower fine if not having the summons dismissed with a judicial warning against future offenses, are in your favor, if the officer doesn't appear!
Lastly, it would be my suggestion that your husband look himself in the mirror. Ask himself, was he speeding? If he answers HONESTLY....pay the fine instead of contributing to an already overburdened judicial system!
Best wishes.
2007-04-06 07:39:57 · answer #2 · answered by KC V ™ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You will not get out of a ticket because of an error on a citation. Trust me I issue them and more than once I have made an error. Judges are humans and make errors as well, hence they forgive the officer.
As far as delaying a citation that is stupid on your part. We back citations with notes so that we can testify at a later date and as long as the officer has video he will never forget the stop. If your husband was at fault and wishes to contest the ticket go to court and fight the violation.
I can tell you from past expierence if you are just testifying to a mistake the officer made then you are SOL because the issue at hand is the violation. If you are concerned with the officer's ability to do his job you need to contact the departments internal affairs division.
2007-04-06 07:38:50 · answer #3 · answered by DeputyJT 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Depends...I know many times that the state does not update the registration in the computer. it is unsafe to keep re approaching the vehicle over and over. I typically write the ticket and send them on their way. If your husband was wrong he was wrong.
2007-04-06 10:45:04 · answer #4 · answered by wfsgymwear 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well maybe he wasn't driving 'His" car when he got the ticket. according to the first part of your question, nothing about your husbands car was correct.
2007-04-06 09:09:15 · answer #5 · answered by silver lining 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fight it!! You should have no problems winning this case. Just make sure you bring vehicle registration of the car your husband was in on day of incident as proof. Good luck!!
2007-04-06 07:31:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
What? he wrote mercury instead of ford?
Sorry, I don't think you'll get out of it.
2007-04-06 07:27:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
yep, you win!
2007-04-07 04:11:08 · answer #8 · answered by peter b 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋