Thank you for replying..The case was for a 'code violation' and the 'code enforcement' officer, who issued me the violation, told me at the time of issuance, that if I got everything cleaned up within 30 days, he would go to court and tell the judge to withdraw the complaint. So, I complied and busted butt to get it cleaned up.. The 1st court appearance, he (the code enforcer) did not show up, the prosecutor offered me to plead guilty to 1 charge, she would drop 2. I said no because I 'complied' by having it cleaned up before 30 days. So they set a trial date.
I had my witness at the 1st appearance, and he is a retired chief of police, and knows the 'enforcer' so my witness called the 'enforcer' right from the court house asking him where he was? And the 'enforcer' stated to my witness (the retired chief) that he knows I was in 'compliance' and not to worry he will be at the next court date and will drop the charges then.
So I show up for 'trial' ,this time without my witness, because this shouldn't take long, he is just going to 'have the charges dropped' right?
WRONG, he (the enforcer) gets up on the witness stand and flat out LIES and says he never told me anything of the sort, and they found me guilty on all 3 charges and fined me $1000.
If I would have known his '30 day' deal was bogus, I would not have busted my ass to get it cleaned up, AND I would have taken the 'deal' offered at the first appearance ending it all then. Instead, I take it to 'trial' and miss another day of work, and at the time of my 'conviction' everything happened so fast and me being 'dumb founded' ...
So, I would like to file some sort of 'appeal' so I can present my witness, and get him (the enforcer) for PERJURY! I do not want to have to pay $1000 fine. Is there any hope? Thank You for your time..I hope I explained it good..?
