What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Kansas
I was involved in a minor accident in Johnson county where I rear ended a car and scratched the paint off of his and damaged the side of my bumper. I tried avoiding the accident by stomping on my breaks and trying to swerve to the concrete island to avoid the accident. The hit driver admitted to hitting his breaks based on the car in front of him coming over. Based on the pics that the officer took, you can see evidence of this by the positioning of the damage. The hit driver called the police, who eventually came to write a citation for inattentive driving. No fee was assigned, but I do have to appear in court. First of all, he claimed that a citation is not a ticket(?) and that the judge will probably drop the case when he sees that I have never had an accident. Could I hold this against the officer if I plead not guilty?
What I really need advice on how I plead. I am only 19 and I do not want this on my record, but I am willing to pay a fee. I cannot find anything on the internet concerning how to make a plea bargain. If I cannot get this, would I have a good case to plead not guilty to my inattentive ticket? I can already prove that the weather conditions on the report are wrong. Also the officer has yet to submit the ticket to the city, it has been two weeks.
Thanks!
I was involved in a minor accident in Johnson county where I rear ended a car and scratched the paint off of his and damaged the side of my bumper. I tried avoiding the accident by stomping on my breaks and trying to swerve to the concrete island to avoid the accident. The hit driver admitted to hitting his breaks based on the car in front of him coming over. Based on the pics that the officer took, you can see evidence of this by the positioning of the damage. The hit driver called the police, who eventually came to write a citation for inattentive driving. No fee was assigned, but I do have to appear in court. First of all, he claimed that a citation is not a ticket(?) and that the judge will probably drop the case when he sees that I have never had an accident. Could I hold this against the officer if I plead not guilty?
What I really need advice on how I plead. I am only 19 and I do not want this on my record, but I am willing to pay a fee. I cannot find anything on the internet concerning how to make a plea bargain. If I cannot get this, would I have a good case to plead not guilty to my inattentive ticket? I can already prove that the weather conditions on the report are wrong. Also the officer has yet to submit the ticket to the city, it has been two weeks.
Thanks!