What is the name of your state? Florida
Hello,
I'm new to the forums, seeing this is the first Citation i've ever recieved i've don't have much experience with going to court.
Background:
Back in November I recieved a ticket for going through a "No Passing Zone." I was at a red light about 15 cars back and no one was in the left turn lane. So I drove through the center lane, which I thought was turning lane (outlined in yellow dotted lines). Turns out there was a cop right there to pull me over. I jumped into the left turn lane too early...
The moment he pulled me over I looked back and noticed I had in fact made a mistake. I was apologetic and understanding from the moment I said hello to the cop. So after writting the citation the officer said he could see it was a mistake and told me to take it to court and we would let me off.
The court date is tommorow March 26th, I went to the initial hearing and plead not guilty about a month ago.
My question:
I'm overall unsure of the Court procedure. If all goes smoothly, the cop won't show up, but will I still have to say anything or stand infront of the magistrate? What if the cop does show? Is it alright to bring up what he said? "I can see it was a mistake. Take the citation to court and i'll let you off." I'm a broke college student and I really can't afford to pay for this citation.
All suggestions will be extremely helpful.
Thank you in advance
Hello,
I'm new to the forums, seeing this is the first Citation i've ever recieved i've don't have much experience with going to court.
Background:
Back in November I recieved a ticket for going through a "No Passing Zone." I was at a red light about 15 cars back and no one was in the left turn lane. So I drove through the center lane, which I thought was turning lane (outlined in yellow dotted lines). Turns out there was a cop right there to pull me over. I jumped into the left turn lane too early...
The moment he pulled me over I looked back and noticed I had in fact made a mistake. I was apologetic and understanding from the moment I said hello to the cop. So after writting the citation the officer said he could see it was a mistake and told me to take it to court and we would let me off.
The court date is tommorow March 26th, I went to the initial hearing and plead not guilty about a month ago.
My question:
I'm overall unsure of the Court procedure. If all goes smoothly, the cop won't show up, but will I still have to say anything or stand infront of the magistrate? What if the cop does show? Is it alright to bring up what he said? "I can see it was a mistake. Take the citation to court and i'll let you off." I'm a broke college student and I really can't afford to pay for this citation.
All suggestions will be extremely helpful.
Thank you in advance