today was my court date
couldn't have gone better unless they threw out the charges, I represnted myself and took it like a man, wasn't gonna pay a lawyer when I could do the same thing he would do.
The judge was a nice woman, she whent easy on me, I pled no contest in the first place, she said she would give me school and a court fee for that, then she flipped a page in my folder and saw the next ticket... she gave me a bad look at that point and sat and thought for a minute, she asked me if I got that ticket the same night, and at the same stop, then asked me if the same officer wrote both tickets... all of those questions were answered with yes... said she would throw out the lower speed one if I pled guilty to the higher speed one(they really are the same charge, guess it just looks worse at a higher speed), I guess she felt sorry for me or thought the cop was a ********
so heres what could have happened, each ticket was 341.00 dollar fine, that charge can carry a 1000 dollar civil penalty and 6 months liscense suspension.... so double that, and its almost 3 grand in fees with loss of liscense for a year
I walked out of there for a 91 dollar court fee and a 4 hour driving improvement course... damn I'm happy as shit, relieves a lot of stress off of us right now, we are broke, and need money, these tickets were the last thing I needed.... wouldn't have thought I was going to get off this easy.........