What is the name of your state? Missouri
My wife was driving on a main secondary street and an oncoming officer turned around and pulled her over. He initially said he pulled her over for driving 55 in a 35. She says she was at most driving in the low 40s. Since she didn't believe the speed quoted she asked the officer to see his radar gun. At least for Missouri Highway Patrol (this was a municipal officer), it is pretty much standard practice for them to have the driver go to the car and see the speed on the gun. He refused and she asked if he had even clocked her, to which (and admittedly not surprisingly) he gave no response. He took her license back to his car to prepare the ticket and when he came back he said it was a ticket for 55 in a 40. Turns out the speed zone had been 40 for about 1.5 mile stretch that my wife was in the middle of.
The ticket has blanks for the speed limit and the actual speed, but the officer did not fill them in ("speeding" was written in the citation block). The prosecutor won't talk to her because "it would be a conflict because he will be trying the case." So, I guess prosecutors don't do plea bargains? The court said that the ticket is in the system as 55 in a 40. My wife doesn't think she was speeding, but other than saying "nuh-uh" she doesn't have evidence to prove a negative. Is there any way for justice to prevail?
My wife was driving on a main secondary street and an oncoming officer turned around and pulled her over. He initially said he pulled her over for driving 55 in a 35. She says she was at most driving in the low 40s. Since she didn't believe the speed quoted she asked the officer to see his radar gun. At least for Missouri Highway Patrol (this was a municipal officer), it is pretty much standard practice for them to have the driver go to the car and see the speed on the gun. He refused and she asked if he had even clocked her, to which (and admittedly not surprisingly) he gave no response. He took her license back to his car to prepare the ticket and when he came back he said it was a ticket for 55 in a 40. Turns out the speed zone had been 40 for about 1.5 mile stretch that my wife was in the middle of.
The ticket has blanks for the speed limit and the actual speed, but the officer did not fill them in ("speeding" was written in the citation block). The prosecutor won't talk to her because "it would be a conflict because he will be trying the case." So, I guess prosecutors don't do plea bargains? The court said that the ticket is in the system as 55 in a 40. My wife doesn't think she was speeding, but other than saying "nuh-uh" she doesn't have evidence to prove a negative. Is there any way for justice to prevail?