Q: Why someone is asked to appear at court by passing a school bus when the stop arm was out instead of getting a ticket?
A police officer visited this person, who committed the infraction, to simple take a declaration. But instead of giving him/her a ticket he told him/her that he/she will receive a court citation. This happend a year ago. But the notification arrived few days ago. Is this the usual way to treat this kind of infraction in MN? No child was crossing the street yet when this person forgot to stop on the stop sign.
A: Minnesota: Normally a court appearance is required for a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor criminal charge. A traffic citation is a summons to court, unless the charge is a petty misdemeanor or "payable offense." The person named in the charge should go to court to try to prevent a conviction.
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