Revoked license court day, dismiss jail time?

[SKVang]

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.

 

[dave33]

Your best bet would be to have a valid license next time you went to court. Maybe a stay of execution on the sentence contingent upon your license reinstatement. As far as telling the judge it would make more sense for you not to go to jail....That's a common point if view from a defendants standpoint. His logic may differ from yours. goodluck.

 

[HighwayMan]

So, I have court on December 2, 2015 for a driving while revoked license citation. It's my 4th offense...

Your "I didn't know" argument is hardly credible since this is your 4th go round. You should be an expert by now.

 

[SKVang]

Your best bet would be to have a valid license next time you went to court. Maybe a stay of execution on the sentence contingent upon your license reinstatement. As far as telling the judge it would make more sense for you not to go to jail....That's a common point if view from a defendants standpoint. His logic may differ from yours. goodluck.

yeah, true. I would get a valid license if possible but court is in 2 days unfortunately. But thanks for feedback!

Your "I didn't know" argument is hardly credible since this is your 4th go round. You should be an expert by now.

I mean, i was stupid and kept getting revocations but I really didn't know that revocation would still last even after date. I'm just putting that in there to lead into the "assessment and trying to get license back", not using it as an argument but trying to show that I'm trying to get back on track. Probably won't help but doesn't hurt to try right?

 

[Zigner]

...but I really didn't know that revocation would still last even after date.

You're in a pickle - because judges don't like being lied to either. You're lying when you say that you didn't know, since you've had to deal with reinstatement several times in the past.