Q: Wrong vehicle listed on speeding ticket
I live in BelAir Maryland and was pulled over for speeding. The officer wrote the ticket for a vehicle that I sold over a year and a half ago. Should I goto court for this ticket in hopes of getting it dropped or hire a lawyer or just pull up my big boy pants and pay the ticket and accept the 2 points?
A:
Why in the world would you plead guilty by paying the ticket and receiving the points? The Citation can be proven defective!
Yes, you should absolutely request a trial - not a "waiver hearing? - and consider retaining an attorney to represent you. If you can establish that you were driving a vehicle at the time of the stop that was not the make and model of that reflected on your Citation, an acquittal can certainly be requested. Indeed an attorney might take the opportunity to take the Deputy/Tpr. aside before the case is called, point out his/her error and persuade him/her to offer no evidence against you to avoid the public embarrassment of the error.
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