I have two traffic tickets. What happens if I plead no contest or have a trial by jury.?

Question

Im going to try to make this question as specific as possible. I have two different tickets on two separate occasions in two different towns. I simply do not want to just pay the fine outright. I want to fight it and go with the least costly solution. What is my best avenue. Pleading no contest, not guilty, hiring a traffic ticket attorney. I would appreciate very direct relevant answers and not things like "slow down" or just pay it. That is not going to help me in this situation. Thank you

Then is it a good choice to plead no contest to the charges?

Answer 1

Since you have the option of prepaying I assume they are simple speeding or something not reckless. If one was a reckless then sure an attorney or how you plead would make a difference.

Even in this case it depends on the ticket. Not guilty would only be if you were speeding up to pass or going down a hill or something. You never know and the worst that could happen is you are found guilty. Skip that if you are clearly wrong. No contest means you are just basically found guilty. Guilty is guilty. Now you could plead guilty with an explainationbut you would have to have a really good reason for whatever you did.

But really...... what is the point of going to court if you are clearly guilty? You are going to pay the same amount as if you prepaid. In fact if you were going really fast the judge might actually INCREASE the fine. And check your tickets. Where I live if you prepay you don't have to pay court costs which where I live is an extra $40 on all tickets.

So it all depends on the tickets. If you have a lot of points already even if they are simple speeding an attorney may make things cheaper in the long run because you will pay it later in insurance.

You might consider doing traffic school BEFORE you go to court. You will want to do this anyway later to reduce your points and hence insurance. So if you showed up in court and show you did it already the judge might cut you a break.

Answer 2

The least costly solution is to be found not guilty. There is then no fine and no court costs assessed.

If you go to trial and get found guilty, plead guilty, or plead no contest you will have to pay a fine and court costs. No option will save you any significant amount over the others.

Hiring a lawyer will save you in the long run, if they can reduce the charges to avoid points on your license, but the cost of that is paying both the attorney and (usually) a higher initial fine.

Unless you have specific information with which to mount a serious defense to the charge(s), then you will save yourself some time by pleading guilty or no contest.

Answer 3

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