JP Toto on Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:11:07 -0500 |
Hmmm... all interesting points. I have spoken to one laywer already. Unfortunately the district judge in Paoli is quite strange so my fate will rest on his mood that day. *sigh* Im hoping to just argue down some points so I don't have to go to the required hearing to talk about a license suspension - that's what I really want to avoid. And no... I was not drinking that night... Cheerios, - JP --- Bob Razler <bob@razler.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > If I remember my evidence rules (it's been a while) > the record of the > ticket is either a business record or an official > record which is not > considered hearsay and therefore admissible. What > they do need to > prove is that the record is the record from the > officer (chain of > custody issue). > > Robert J. Razler, Esq. > Approvals Manager > Heritage Building Group, Inc. > Suite A-100 > 3326 Old York Road > Furlong, PA 18925 > 215.794.0550, ext. 117 > www.heritagebuildinggroup.com > brazler@heritagebuildinggroup.com > PGP Public Keys available at: > http://www.razler.com/PGPKey.htm > > - -----Original Message----- > From: eric@lucii.org [mailto:eric@lucii.org] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 4:55 PM > To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org > Subject: Re: [PLUG] WAYYYY Off Topic.... [Speeding > Ticket]DOOH!! > > I'm not a lawyer but I'll bet if you dig through the > rules of > evidence you'll find that "someone from the > department" does not > have "first hand" knowledge... CRITICAL for > evidence. I'll bet > if you had a copy of and could cite this rule you'd > be able to > get the evidence (ticket) thrown out. <evil grin> > > Say... you were sober, right? I don' want any 90 > mph drunk > driver slammin' into my family car some Saturday > night! > > Eric > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 02:47:10PM -0500, Bob Razler > wrote: > > Hello: > > > > Sometimes it works, but the actual officer that > wrote you the > > ticket > > doesn't have to show up. Just someone from the > department with the > > records. So usually someone is always assigned > "court duty" for > > that day. > > > > Robert J. Razler, Esq. > > Approvals Manager > > Heritage Building Group, Inc. > > Suite A-100 > > 3326 Old York Road > > Furlong, PA 18925 > > 215.794.0550, ext. 117 > > www.heritagebuildinggroup.com > > brazler@heritagebuildinggroup.com > > PGP Public Keys available at: > > http://www.razler.com/PGPKey.htm > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org > > [mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org] On > Behalf Of W. Chris > > Shank Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 1:38 PM > > To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org > > Subject: Re: [PLUG] WAYYYY Off Topic.... [Speeding > Ticket]DOOH!! > > > > DOOH! > > > > i've found that if you show up for a hearing, > sometimes the cop > > won't and it > > will be dismissed. also, just showing up and being > pathetic has > > worked fo rme > > in the past as well. > > > > also - if you have military experience - let 'em > know - that can > > help. > > > > chris > > > > On Monday 11 March 2002 09:54 am, you wrote: > > > Hi all... Saturday night I got a gigantic > speeding > > > ticket on 202. Apparently I was doing 90 in a 55 > zone. > > > Sounds a bit faster than I was going but we'll > see. > > > Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had any info I > can > > > look up/ web sites, etc to help me out with > fighting > > > it? Here are the particulars... > > > > > > Officer was a local Tredyffrin Township officer. > > > > > > I was driving on US202 at the time. (Can local > > > officers give tickets on US highways?) > > > > > > The speed timing device was the "Tracker" which > is > > > manufactured by Kustom: > > > > http://www.kustomsignals.com/product_body2.asp?product_id=39&cat_i > > > d= 6&strpa > > >gename=speed > > > > > > The last time it was calibrated was February > 4th. > > > I got the ticket saturday night, March 9th. > (don't > > > these things have to be checked every 30 days?) > > > > > > The distance he followed me was .85 miles. (Is > there a > > > minimum distance they have to follow you for > using > > > this device??) > > > > > > The penalty is a bunch of money, 5 points, and a > > > hearing so you can imagine I'de like to find > enough > > > holes (if any) in this ticket to fight it. Sorry > for > > > getting off topic but Im pretty desperate to > beat this > > > and this is a local list. Thanks in advance for > any > > > suggestions!!! - JP > > > > > > ===== > > > JP Toto > > > ViceClown@yahoo.com > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Try FREE Yahoo! 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