If criminal charge resulted, your lawyer may want to challenge the stop as illegal, depending what the video and other evidence shows. If it's a traffic ticket, I'd first focus on seeking a deal to keep it off the DL record, at least for most clients in the past who've wanted that.

A pending traffic citation is not confidential information. Prepare to address the issue.

That will be up to the other cities, but I tend to doubt that all the cities in Hennepin County will adopt the same policy.

That would be up to the judge, but you are going to be hard pressed to establish that the ticket was specifically issued in retaliation for your complaint about law enforcement. The case law on these issues is particularly bad regarding the individual motives of law enforcement where there is an... View More

One of the courts' most important jobs is to ensure that each citizen enjoys their constitutional right to due process. Due process includes procedural fairness; and the right to notice and an opportunity to be heard, by a fair and neutral magistrate. In general, the more the government... View More

The charges are whatever are listed on the citation that you were provided. In Hennepin County, it would certainly be worth setting a date with a hearing officer or even a court date. Hennepin is pretty generous with speed reductions or even a Continuance for Dismissal assuming that your driving... View More

Your best best may be to reach out directly to criminal defense attorneys. Fees are going to vary some, especially for somewhere outstate like Becker County. Attorneys that have offices towards the Cities are likely going to have to charge for windshield time, especially if there are in person... View More

Contact Court Administration, to request a court appearance date. Most people want to prevent a conviction being certified by the court to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (driver's license record). So, they see if the prosecutor will agree to a disposition that will not result in... View More

It only goes on your high school resume if you put it on your resume. You're the one that writes a resume for job or college applications. Will affect your admission into college? That really depends on the questions that are asked of you on the applications that you submit. There could be... View More

You would want to pursue an expungement of the conviction. An attorney can assist with this. It is doubtful that the Court would allow you to withdraw the guilty plea this many years after the fact. The expungement would remove the conviction off of your driving record.

You're ultimately asking the wrong question here. The question is not can you get a CFD, but will you get a CFD. The biggest problem you face here is that you were allegedly driving 16 mph over the speed limit. The fact that you are outstate also makes a CFD less likely. You can certainly... View More

Most would prefer to keep a speeding ticket off of their Minnesota driver's license record. To accomplish that, the ticketed driver must avoid paying the ticket, and instead set up a "hearing officer" appointment (in the metro area) or a court appearance to discuss settlement... View More

One idea: Go to the Minnesota Courts website, to search for the case "Citation Number." See if it's there, and it so, what it says. Respond within the required time frame to prevent a conviction by default. Set up a court appearance if keeping it off the record is a goal.

I am assuming that the ticket was paid electronically. I would go to court administration with the electronic verification showing the date and amount of the payment. Hopefully that should clear up any confusion regarding whether you made the payment or not.

You can download this form form the Minnesota Courts website: Forms Packet: Ask to Withdraw Guilty Plea and Vacate Conviction (Petty Misdemeanor) You can use it to request a hearing on your motion to reopen the petty misdemeanor case. At the hearing, you can talk to the prosecutor to see if they... View More

That was difficult to follow. Perhaps a phone call to a criminal defense attorney would enable a dialogue that could help tease out the issues.

Not likely. They can fix any mistakes (perhaps using the video). And alerting the them to mistakes prior to trial usually is just helping them, not you. Therefore, when I have such a case, I pursue the other defense issues and strategies, but save mistakes for use at the trial (assuming they have... View More

The question raises the issue of whether the police officer has a reasonable suspicion to justify the initial stop. If a judge agrees the police officer did not, then the charges would be dismissed. Lawyers are trained in law school to generally avoid contacting non-clients about representation,... View More

There isn't really a question here. Plus it is not a products liability issue. I'd suggest reaching out to some consumer protection folks directly to deal with this issue.

It is unclear whether you have paid these tickets or resolved them. But in any event, I do not believe that you are at risk under the provision of four within 12 months. But you are at risk if you get another ticket between now an August 2023. The other issue you are going to run into is that... View More