That $2900 reciept goes in a folder with you to court... Duh.

 

Under no circumstance should you admit to anything. Don't even admit you reved your engine. They must prove their case, don't help them in anyway.

 

This story sounds a little fishy to me. I ran from the cops in an all out pursuit, getting up to 110 mph on backroads, losing them, and then getting caught trying to hide in an industrial complex. They cuffed me and brought me in, and I didn't even have a bail....I was just released after the paperwork was done. Went to court and got off easy.

You better believe that if they came to my house, explained to me that a witness saw me racing but had no proof, and wanted to arrest me, I'd tell them to get the **** off my property. Either your seriously stretching the real story, or you just really got bent over by the Popo.

Do you have a really shitty record or something?

 

+1 million. I used to drive like a total ***. Been busted legitimately once, but been busted two other times on total BS charges- one of those was EXACTLY like you stated above (raced a car from a light, stopped at the next light and the cop came flying down a side road and popped me because he heard someone with a loud V8 racing and I was the only loud V8 around).

Fought and won all of them. Don't EVER say ANYTHING, or admit to ANYTHING unless its in a plea deal in writing. And I mean IN WRITING. Also, don't accept the first plea deal the DA will offer you. If you offers a drastically reduced sentence as his first offer, it means he has nothing on you that will stick and he knows the court will toss it out if it goes to trial. Claim innocence and reject it. One day to one week before jury selection the DA will come to you and offer to drop charges. At least thats how it worked for me in Cali and Washington State.

Oh yeah: Lawyer up. It aint easy to fight it yourself: I had to spend literally hundreds of hours studying, paid $100 once, and $150 a second time to get a hour of attorney time to make sure I was doing everything right. I was a E4 in the Navy and had more time than money...

Nowadays I just pay my lawyer and let him take care of it since I've found judges often don't care about juriprudence and precedent when you represent yourself: they know you will not be fighting the ticket at the circuit level so they throw your argument out and can even fine you for court costs ontop of the full ticket price. Bastards.


EDIT: I did have a very well deserved bad reputation among the cops. I raced anything and everything, in town, and just sheer luck combined with my knowing where the cops liked to hide kept them from every legitimately busting me. But they sure hounded me! Must have been given DUI checks at least 30 times a year (always sober btw).

 

Thanks for the help.

 

how can a cop give you a ticket for something he didnt see you do? I could be doing 145mph in a 45mph zone and some little old lady could call and tell them my plates, but they couldnt do a damn thing about it if im back down to 45mph when they see me. I would fight that all the way.

 

I will let you guys know how it all goes down in court after February.. Thanks for help. PM any good advice you all might have from experience to something similar.

 

Agree, something is not right.

 

 

Boo ****. Boo ****. Boo ****.

Fight that crap ALL THE WAY. Sticks n stones had some good advice for you up there.

 

Negative. If the little old lady is willing to testify to what she saw you can be charged and can lose it in court. At least in NC.

To the OP, get a lawyer. Judges and lawyers stick together (they're all demon spawn, ya know). Sounds like you got screwed though GL getting out of it.