Q: Can a police officer lie about doing you a "favor and writing the ticket so it doesn't go to the state"?
I was told this exact statement, then advised to just pay the fee online. Never occurred to me he could be wrong on purpose or just mistaken. I have points on my license now. I paid the ticket online, never imagining what I was doing was a huge mistake. Because I didn't know he was wrong/not being truthful, I wasn't able to go to court and enter in a program that would allow the points to fall off my record after a certain period of time with no other tickets.
A: Depending on where the case is filed you may be able to file a motion to set aside the judgement and enter into a new agreement. You need to ask yourself are the fees paid to an attorney worth the points coming off your record? or Is my insurance rates going up so if I can get the judgement set aside is worth the extra money? These are your only real options. No real way to go after the officer for what he said to you, other than writing a letter to his chief of police and complain.
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