What is the name of your state? michigan, hi all i am new to the forums here, to get to the point me and my son were at the woodward cruise august of 05, on the way home we stoped at a rallys burger stand to shoot the bull and to have a burger it was around midnight, i was sitting at the tables out side eating and talking to a few guys when a police officer drove into the lot. my son was standing in the lot talking to a friend, the officer ask for his id and said he was loitering and was getting a ticket, and thats what he did, he drove by my car and stopped i got up and walked over to his car to see what was going on, he told me i had to leave or i was getting a ticket i explained that i was eating and doing nothing wrong, he said that rallys had no permit to serve food out side ( thay have 4 picnic tables in the lot) so i went to the manager and told her what was going on and she went outside and ask the officer what was going on, he told her to go back inside,i gave him my info and i got a ticket
to make this as short as i can, its been 15 months now, we have been to 5 pre trial hearings, i keep asking for a jury trial and thay keep schudeling a pre trial hearing, well now the officer that gave me the ticket was killed a couple months ago, so at the last hearing i thought it would be dismissed but it wasent, now that i keep wanting a jury trial thay said i have to have a lawyer, i am haveing trouble finding one that wants to fight the ticket, what should i do, rallys has the proper permits for the outside consumpson of the food. buy the way i am 45 years old and my son is 19. ps, the lot is not posted and the police have not wrote a ticket during the daylight hours for loitering at the rallys. could someone point me in the right direction..... thanks.