What is the name of your state? South Carolina
I was recently stopped for "Disregarding a stop sign". There was trap set up with one police car down the road and another waiting to stop people as they drove through. I know I stopped at the sign at least long enough to look both ways and comment on the police car down the road watching for people. When we were stopped all the officer would tell us was that we ran the stop sign. When we questioned it he would only say that it was all on videotape we could go to court, plead guilty or not guilty. Do I have any kind of right to view the videotape before I go to court? I have called the Sherriff's office several times to ask and get a different answer everytime. They either say they don't know, or they think I need a subpoena and don't know who to direct me to that would know except to check with my lawyer. Other people have told me that they look to see if your wheels come to a complete stop for a certain length of time. I went to the location where the office was parked and the whole stop sign area was blocked from my view by a hedge and a tree. Wouldn't this affect his ability to check things like that?
I was recently stopped for "Disregarding a stop sign". There was trap set up with one police car down the road and another waiting to stop people as they drove through. I know I stopped at the sign at least long enough to look both ways and comment on the police car down the road watching for people. When we were stopped all the officer would tell us was that we ran the stop sign. When we questioned it he would only say that it was all on videotape we could go to court, plead guilty or not guilty. Do I have any kind of right to view the videotape before I go to court? I have called the Sherriff's office several times to ask and get a different answer everytime. They either say they don't know, or they think I need a subpoena and don't know who to direct me to that would know except to check with my lawyer. Other people have told me that they look to see if your wheels come to a complete stop for a certain length of time. I went to the location where the office was parked and the whole stop sign area was blocked from my view by a hedge and a tree. Wouldn't this affect his ability to check things like that?