Q: Can a police officer file the same exact citation twice with two different DJ's almost three months apart?
I was cited "failed to drive within a single lane and or movement from lane was not made safely" by a state trooper. I plead not guilty to that citation in July. Today I receive notice that my license will be suspended tomorrow due to failing to respond to the same citation and lists the citation in a different dj office. I did a case search by incident # and found two entries: 1. filed on 5/12/21 and status is closed with the dj office I plead NG 2. filed on 8/6/21 and status is inactive filed with the DJ office listed in the letter I received today. Both citations have the same date, time, location, officer, incident#, and ORI# but have two different citation and docket number. I called this afternoon when I got my mail which was about five minutes before the DJ office closed and tried to explain that I plead NG to the same citation at the other DJ office the lady was not helpful. What can I do? Clearly a clerical error of some sort.
A:
Get all the paperwork in the docket for #1 & #2. Make copies and keep the originals.
If service of the complaint for #1 is identical, then it is an error. If he refiled for some reason and that was served on you then the issue is one of non response.
Not sure why your license would be suspended. Often the issue is a fine. Pay the fine, to keep your license, while you appeal if necessary.
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