What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Wisconsin.
So, I have court on December 2, 2015 for a driving while revoked license citation. It's my 4th offense, yes I know, I totally should have been smarter and just walked or something but I was wondering if this would work to prevent jail time. Being truthful, I am going to say to the judge that I did not know that i was still revoked when the revocation citation happened (November 2015) because on papers, it said my revocation was over on September 1st, 2015. So of course, I researched it and found out that my license is still revoked until I reinstate it. So recently, I just finished my license reinstatement assessment and now I just have to finish taking classes. If the judge was to give me jail time and I told him that jail time would make me lose my job and it would be better if I didn't get jail time so that I could pay off the fines, finish my classes, and get my license back, would he dismiss jail time at all? Just wondering because I asked a friend who's learning the laws to become a cop and he said that the judge would rather have a person be positive to the community then negative, such as putting me into jail and putting me into a hole (losing job, unable to pay fines etc.). No negative remarks please, just helpful comments or truthful comments. Thanks.
So, I have court on December 2, 2015 for a driving while revoked license citation. It's my 4th offense, yes I know, I totally should have been smarter and just walked or something but I was wondering if this would work to prevent jail time. Being truthful, I am going to say to the judge that I did not know that i was still revoked when the revocation citation happened (November 2015) because on papers, it said my revocation was over on September 1st, 2015. So of course, I researched it and found out that my license is still revoked until I reinstate it. So recently, I just finished my license reinstatement assessment and now I just have to finish taking classes. If the judge was to give me jail time and I told him that jail time would make me lose my job and it would be better if I didn't get jail time so that I could pay off the fines, finish my classes, and get my license back, would he dismiss jail time at all? Just wondering because I asked a friend who's learning the laws to become a cop and he said that the judge would rather have a person be positive to the community then negative, such as putting me into jail and putting me into a hole (losing job, unable to pay fines etc.). No negative remarks please, just helpful comments or truthful comments. Thanks.
