Q: If I'm on court supervision and got a ticket while I'm on it, can I get court supervision for the new ticket
A:
Most places no.
What you should worry about is their revoking your current supervision.
A:
Hello Asker,
Yes, you can still get court supervision on the new ticket. It will require that you go to court in most counties though. This is because most state's attorneys will deny court supervision requests for mail or out of court when you have had a ticket in the past 12 months. In court, assuming your offense is of a nature where court supervision is allowed, you can request supervision and the court will be able to give it to you (though they don't have to) so long as you haven't had supervision twice in the last year already.
As for this case, you should consider speaking to an attorney in a free consultation to ensure that your offense is not of a variety that it would be ineligible for court supervision. You should also ask what the impact of the new ticket would be on your current supervision. Ordinarily, receiving a ticket during the supervision period is enough to cause a supervision to be revoked and a resentencing to a conviction. This can have a negative effect on your driving privileges and insurance rates. Because of this, you would be best helped by talking about the risk of this and what can be done to prevent a revocation of your previous supervision that this ticket put at jeopardy.
I hope that helps and let us know if you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Jason A. Wilkins
Traffic Attorney
(630) 445-2239
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