Thanks for sharing that.
When I get the attention of law enforcement, if i'm guilty I pay all fines and dues without question.
If I feel i'm innocent, I fight it. And i've won every case I fought.
*BUT* like Grace, I have one that I fought and the DA dropped all charges. But whenever I get pulled over, I know they see that I was arrested. But they don't care that the charges were dropped. It would be nice to expunge this.
Originally Posted by Precious_b
See.. when I had my first court date-- I watched as everyone in front of me went up for various charges ranging from Class C to Class A misdemeanors. Every... single... one of them, was offered deferred adjudication with expungement. So, my original intent was to take that if offered simply to save myself the time and hassle of having to fight it in court. But.. when I went up... I was specifically told that I was not eligible for that. People with much higher charges were eligible, but me with my little assed Class C was not. So at that moment I was mentally like "Ok-- game on".. .and I demanded a jury trial
Had a couple more court dates after that-- finally the judge asked me what grounds I felt I had to plead innocence, I gave him the grounds... he looks at me dumbfounded... says "Well why didn't you tell the arresting officer this?". I look at him deadpan and said....
"They didn't ask".
Dismissed. Had my bail money back in about 2 weeks.
Yessir.. I will absolutely cost the City of Addison as much money as possible over this Class C Misdemeanor-- if for no other reason than you've pissed me off.
Probably could have saved some time had I retained an attorney... but felt it would be an unnecessary expense for what I had in mind.