tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12892667.post112594153893121972..comments2023-09-29T05:25:51.614-04:00Comments on Legally Blonde: "Child I ain't passed the bar, but I know a little bit/Enough that you won't illegally search my shit"Elle Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00977023189996373346noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12892667.post-1126414652235446412005-09-11T00:57:00.000-04:002005-09-11T00:57:00.000-04:00Can you not enter a no contest plea, post an appea...Can you not enter a no contest plea, post an appeal bond, and appeal the ticket to a higher court, where it could be dismissed on a "technicality?" Or even file a motion to quash in the lower court (Which you'll have to do to have something to appeal anyway, if they don't deny the MTQ).<BR/><BR/>I'm in Texas, but that's how most of the firms around our area handle these. We appeal the tickets from justice of the peace or municipal courts to the County Court (which acts the same as a County Court At Law in counties without a separate County Court At Law). Then, we look at the appeal packet. Most of the time, there are lots of errors: no ticket affidavit, failure to state elements of the offense, offense fails to track the statue, judgement not signed, fine set outside limits within statute, etc. There are literally dozens of potential problems. We've devised more than 40 motions to quash we use because the same problems plague most tickets. Believe it or not, though most people think lawyers that handle traffic matters have nothing better to do (we do: clients charged with murder, thank you very much), it is something of a specialty when the lawyer does something more than just negotiate a plea the defendant probably would have gotten anyway.<BR/><BR/>Of course, ease of doing this depends on jurisdictions within the state: though the errors are clearly errors, etc., some judges are asses and won't grant the MTQs. <BR/><BR/>In my experience, if you don't know a reputible traffic attorney and need to find one, contact a reputible personal injury (mv accident) or attorney who handles DWIs. If they don't do tickets, they will know who does them because they likely have to have them done for their clients.<BR/><BR/>Also, what the hell is up with Michigan's bar rules? You can still be licensed in Texas (last time I checked) with misdemeanor convictions ranging from assault to DWI. I know people who have become licensed after such convictions, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12892667.post-1126366245583065392005-09-10T11:30:00.000-04:002005-09-10T11:30:00.000-04:00There is a section within MCL titled "Motor Vehicl...There is a section within MCL titled "Motor Vehicle Code," which the muncipality probably adopted by reference. Actually, they code have made their own vehicle code. So the pig was right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12892667.post-1125944132261846062005-09-05T14:15:00.000-04:002005-09-05T14:15:00.000-04:00Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane! It...Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane! It's Geraldo<BR/>Geraldo Rivera is so many things: journalist, adventurer, preserver of 70s mustaches.<BR/>I spotted your blog when I returned home. <A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/7vo5n" REL="nofollow">home based business opportunity</A> related topics may interest you. Take a peek when you can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com