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Old 09-07-2001, 11:25 AM
Stressed inOhio
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HI,
MY QUESTION IS CAN A JUDGE IN OHIO REDUCE DUI AND DUS TO WRECKLESS OPERATION ALONE WITH NO DUS EVEN THOUGH SUSPENSION WAS IN EFFECT AT TIME OF ARREST? AND IF THEY CAN REDUCE IT, CAN THE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEH COME BACK AND SAY YOU WERE DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED AND ASSESS POINTS AND OR PENALTIES IF PLEADS NO CONTEST TO THE WRECKLESS OP? MY PRESENT LAWYER STATED HE (JUDGE) CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS ESPECIALLY IN THIS COURT. MY CASE IS THAT I WAS CHARGED WITH DUS AND DUI AFTER STATE PATROL CAME UP ON US WITH VEHICLE IN DITCH AND ARRESTED ME BECAUSE THE PERSON WITH ME STATED THEY WEREN'T DRIVING AND ALTHOUGH I STATED THEY WERE THE PATROL CHARGED ME BECAUSE IT WAS MY MOTHER'S VEHICLE. I REFUSED BREATH TEST AND THE PERSON WITH ME TOOK FIELD BREATH TEST(THEY WERE RIGHT ON THE LINE). PERSON WITH ME ALSO GAVE STATEMENT THEY HAD JUST MET ME THAT NIGHT. I HAVE ANOTHER PERSON THAT WILL STATE THEY "DID" KNOW ME PREVIOUSLY AND THEY HAD ALSO PREVIOUSLY SEEN THEM DRIVING ME IN THIS SAME VEHICLE. I HAVE YET ANOTHER PERSON THAT WILL COME IN AND TESTIFY THAT THEY HELPED ME AND THE OTHER PERSON FIX A FLAT AND THIS OTHER PERSON TOLD THEM THEY HAD BEEN DRIVING MY MOTHER'S VEHICLE AND BUSTED THE TIRE AND SCRAPED SIDE ON CULVERT AND THAT THIS OCCURED AROUND 6 WEEKS AFTER ARRESTING INCIDENT. THIS WITNESS WILL ALSO SAY THAT ME AND THE OTHER WERE DISCUSSING THE ARRESTING INCIDENT IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEY HEARD THE PERSON SAY THEY REALLY DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE DRIVING THAT TIME OR NOT. AT INITIAL HEARING, LAWYER SAID THEY COULD NOT PRODUCE VIDEO (BECAUSE PATROL DESTROYS THEM AFTER 30 DAYS) WHICH WOULD PROVE I WAS NOT IN VEHICLE WHEN PATROL ARRIVED. HE FILED MOTION TO GET VIDEO AND TOLD ME TO SIGN AWAY SPEEDY TRIAL RIGHTS SO I DID. NEXT COURT APPEARANCE I WAS TOLD THEIR NEVER WAS A VIDEO AND THAT THE DESPITE THE PATROL AND THE PROSECUTER BEING WILLING TO DROP TO WRECKLESS OP WITH NO JAIL AND MINIMAL FINE THE JUDGE WANTED TO DROP TO WRECKLESS OP WITH 180 DAYS JAIL AND SUSPEND 90 OF THEM. LAWYER STATED THAT THIS WAS BECAUSE THE JUDGE WAS A HARDBUTT AND OF MY PRIOR DUI'S. I HAVE TRIED TO GIVE ALL INFO I CAN HERE THANKS FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
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Old 09-09-2001, 02:25 PM
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Read the read letters, which indicate you must write in lower case. upper case denotes shoouting
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Old 09-14-2001, 06:36 PM
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sorry about caps


i am sorry about caps, habit i suppose, besides that though, any suggestions on the case?
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