Q: Can a ticket be dismissed if the officer wrote down the wrong location of the so called violation?
I was pulled over and given a ticket by an officer for not stopping at a stop sign. He claimed that I had rolled through a stop sign. Then proceeded to tell me which street I had not stopped on. The issue is the street he stated was not where the incident had happened. He stated it and also wrote it on the citation. For example Main and Vine is where it occured but he wrote that it happened on Main and Orchard. Which is on the complete opposite side of the area he had both stopped me at and said I had violated.
A: Yes, that would be a fatal error unless the judge allows the officer to amend the citation when you go to court. Get a lawyer because you will have a better result especially if you have to fight this issue. It is points on your license and you don’t want your insurance to be affected. Good luck
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