crastacruz
Junior Member
North Carolina criminal speeding citation
Decided to fight a ticket and after much resistance from the judge and being threatened with arrest multiple times all while maintaining a respectful demeanor and a completely legal stance, I was forced to enter a plea. After this I requested a jury trial with concern that I would not be getting a fair trial being as the state employs both the prosecutor, "plaintiff", and the presiding judge, the judge stated that I had this right but that the state of North Carolina has stated that he could act as the jury in this case.
I have been unable to find any documentation in the NC statutes on criminal procedure verifying this. Is this true, and if so, can you someone provide me some direction to where this is stated?
Thanks
Decided to fight a ticket and after much resistance from the judge and being threatened with arrest multiple times all while maintaining a respectful demeanor and a completely legal stance, I was forced to enter a plea. After this I requested a jury trial with concern that I would not be getting a fair trial being as the state employs both the prosecutor, "plaintiff", and the presiding judge, the judge stated that I had this right but that the state of North Carolina has stated that he could act as the jury in this case.
I have been unable to find any documentation in the NC statutes on criminal procedure verifying this. Is this true, and if so, can you someone provide me some direction to where this is stated?
Thanks