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If it's a scheduled appearance -- they are scheduled in advance and placed on a docket. If you showed up on a date other than the assigned date the court records would not be available and the judge would not be prepared to hear your case. If there was an opposing party to the case they wouldn't be there either.
Bottom line: It would do no good to appear earlier that the date you are scheduled.
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What is open court case?
If you are given a ticket for a misdeamenor with a scheduled court apperances date, is that considered and open court case? Or, does it become an open court case only after you plead not guilty.
What is an open court case?
If you are given a ticket for a misdeamenor with a scheduled court apperances date, is that considered and open court case? Or, does it become an open court case only after you plead not guilty.
If you plead not guilty for a ticket and are waiting for your court date does the ticket show up on your driving record?
No. Nothing will be placed on your driving record until you have had "your day in court".
If you get a speeding ticket in California and you want to fight it and the cop does not show up for court does the case get thrown out of court?
Typically, the officer won't show up on the first court appearance. You will plead guilty, not guilty, or no contest. If you please not guilty, the court date will be set up for the officer to show up. The officer gets paid his regular salary to go to the court date.
Can you change your plea on a traffic ticket from guilty to not guilty?
You don't plead guilty "on a traffic ticket" unless you post your fine, request a court date, and then fail to show up at the traffic court hearing.You are then automatically adjudged guilty by reason of your failing to appear to defend yourself. If you DO go to court you may plead not guilty to the offense, and the judge will grant a hearing in which you and the officer will give testimony, and then the judge will render his verdict. If you have previously pled guilty, or forfeited your fine, in court you will have to file a motion to re-open the case.
How do you plead not guilty for traffic tiket?
This depends on the laws of the state issuing the ticket and the offense. Assuming this is a moving violation, there is usually a box on the ticket maked "Court Appearance Required" or something similar to indicate that you cannot simply mail in the fine like with a parking ticket. If you hire a lawyer, generally, he/she will write to the court, enter a not guilty plea for you, request discovery and ask for an adjournment of the first court date. The court date will most likely be adjourned since the court sees that there is a lawyer and it is now a contested case. If you don't hire a lawyer, you probably have to go to court and verbally enter a not guilty plea. If you plead not guilty, the court will give you a new date for the trial.
Can you pay the fine and not go to a court date for a speeding ticket?
yes, as long as you plead guilty. This is in NYS, im not 100% sure of other states
I stole 300 dollars from work and admitted to it and i am also going to pay them the 300 have a court date now and i am going to plead guilty do you think they will send me to jail its my first offens?
no you wont, dont worry
An old failure to appear warrant NYC what happens?
You would have to go to the court house of the area that you were first issued a summons/fine. Then have them look up your name in the computer and they would tell you depending on the charges what to do. They may let you plead guilty right there and pay the fine and go home, or you may have a court date scheduled for you where you should probably just plead guilty and pay the fine. If however, you are pulled over or I.D.ed by an officer before that and he runs your name through the system he will most likely take you to central bookings where you will sit in a cell with real criminals for about 2 days until you go see a judge. Best bet is to plead guilty and pay the fine.
How can you do a non-guilty plea by mail?
If this is a traffic offense - first of all - your court system will have to allow for the entry of not guilty pleas by mail. A court date will be set and you will be directed when and where to appear to plead your case. Carefully read your ticket, both front and back, all the information necessary should appear on it. If not, call the local Clerk of Court office and ask.
What is 'To mention and to fix' in crown court?
In the Crown Court the phrase, "to mention and to fix" is a procedure by which court cases are listed. It is a phrase used during the arraignment part of a judicial procedure. To mention and to fix means to announce a charge against an individual, and, if they plead not guilty, a court date for a trial is fixed or set.
I got a ticket going 78 in a 55 What are my odds of contesting this in court If the cop doesnt show in CA are you not guilty?
Just because the officer isn't in court doesn't mean your charge will be automatically dismissed. The first time you go to court may be an arraignment date where the officer isn't even summoned to court. If you plead not guilty, he will be summoned for the next court date. If he never shows after a few court dates, then your charge is likely to be dismissed, but by then you've missed enough work to more than pay for the ticket.
