What can I subpoena for a speeding ticket?

[mthomas222]

A quick question for all you lawyers, judges, law school students, or police officers. I know that it's possible to subpoena officer training records, calibration, etc.....but Is it possible to subpoena either Police squad car video OR Officer/Dispatcher transcripts (the conversation between the officer and dispatcher at time of arrest). If anyone has ever heard of this situation please inform. -- I'm in Virginia but wouldn't mind case law or previous judgements in any state.

 

[lwpat]

You can subponea them. Whether you will get them or not is another matter.

 

[racer72]

You did not list your state so there is no way to answer your question, each state has different laws and rules. In my state, you can ask for everything including the moon but you will only get copies of the evidence to be used against you in court. Things such as training records and operators manuals are useless to the average citizen in court unless they know how to use it, very few do. That is why an experience attorney is the only way to fight a ticket unless you have a slam dunk excuse.