What does adjudication withheld in the area of traffic tickets?
104985
As long as your traffic tickets are infractions, you don't have to report them.  Usually, employers are concerned about whether a traffic ticket issued resulted in a fee of $300 or more, or if the violation is a misdemeanor.
1094534
your only real right is to remain silent........\n\n==========================================\n\nThe purpose of the arraignment setting is to determine the defendantís plea to the offense charged. At the arraignment, the defendant may enter a plea of guilty, not guilty or nolo contendere (no contest). If the plea is guilty or nolo contendere, the defendant may give an explanation in mitigation of any fine to be assessed prior to the judge assessing a fine. If a not guilty plea is entered, the case will be set for a trial at a later date. If the defendant wishes to have a trial by jury, a jury request may be made at the arraignment.\n\nPLEAS\n\nUnder our American system of justice, all persons are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty. On a plea of not guilty, a formal trial is held. As in all criminal trials, the State is required to prove the guilt of the defendant "beyond a reasonable doubt" of the offense charged in the complaint before a defendant can be found guilty by a judge or jury.\n\nYour decision concerning which plea to enter is very important. If you plead guilty or nolo contendere in open court, you should be prepared to pay the fine and court costs.\n\nPlea of Guilty- By a plea of guilty, you admit that the act is prohibited by law, that you committed the act charged, and that you have no defense or excuse for your act. Before entering your plea of guilty, however, you should understand the following:\n\nThe State has the burden of proving that you violated the law.\n\n \n\nTRIALS\n\nYou have the right to hear the State's evidence and to require the State to prove that you violated the law; and\n\nA plea of guilty may be used against you later in a civil suit if there was a traffic accident.\n\nPlea of Nolo contendere (No Contest)- A plea of nolo contendere means that you do not contest the State's charge against you. You will almost certainly be found guilty, unless you are eligible and successfully complete a driving safety course and/or court ordered probation. Also, a plea of nolo contendere cannot be used against you in a subsequent civil suit for damages.\n\nPlea of Not Guilty - A plea of not guilty means that you are informing the Court that you deny guilt or that you have a defense in your case, and that the State must prove what it has charged against you. If you plead not guilty, you will need to decide whether to hire an attorney to represent you.\n\nA request for a trial may in person at the scheduled arraignment, by written correspondence, or by defendant's attorney. A request for trial shall indicate a plea of "Not Guilty" and specify either a jury or a non-jury (bench) trial.\n\nBench trials (trials before the judge) and jury trials are held on Wednesdays as required. The specific date for a trial will be set at the time a plea of not guilty is entered. On the day of trials, trials will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will continue until the docket is completed.\n\nFailure of the defendant to appear at the time his/her case is called may result in a charge of "Failure to Appear" being filed and warrants being issued for his/her arrest. If the trial is a jury trial, the defendant may also be required to pay the costs of impaneling the jury.
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Depends on the state and how fast you were going. We'd need to know those first. But I do know if your state uses the point system, you may be looking at a suspension due to the tickets.
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In some locations, parking tickets aren't handled at all by traffic court.  So the "Hope the Officer Doesn't Show" "defence" isn't worth anything.  You write a letter with proof and exhibits, the officer may or may not do the same; then your case is decided.\n\nContact the agency listed on the back of the ticket and ask them how to contest it.  They should be able to give you the procedure.\n\nBut, bear in mind that a Fire Lane doesn't mean "No parking unless your flashers are on".  It means "No Parking unless you're an emergency vehicle responding to an emergency".  That said, the officer was kind of a prick in not allowing you to move your car.  But, being a prick isn't necessarily illegal....
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Contest the ticket in court and tell the judge you don't want to pay the fine.  The judge will gladly give you a few days in jail instead of a fine.
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Just pay the ticket before your court date and you never have to see a judge, or waste a day and go to court he'll probably just make you pay the fine, but sometimes you can take driving classes or something so that the ticket won't go on your record.\n\nAs for the warning it should never be brought up again, it never happened.
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Definitions of 'adjudication withheld' not 'audjuction withheld':\n\nA order is entered by the court finding that the youth committed a delinquent act or violation of law, but adjudication of delinquency is withheld. The court may place the child on community control or other similar community program.
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You need to go to court and pay the tickets. They will give you an Abstract to take to DMV.
70996
Depends on the state....in Texas for example, there is no cap on fines...and if you receive two or more citations during one year, the state will send you a bill for surcharges ranging from $100.00 to $2500.00.\n\nFighting the automated tickets can be tough; especially if you are guilty.  If in fact, you are not guilty, request a trial by jury.  If the trial ever happens, the juries are usually sympathetic to the camera cases.  In Texas, they were banned when a state judge received a ticket in the mail for doing 328 miles per hour in a 45 mile per hour zone in a Buick.\n\nThe best way to handle any ticket if you have a clean record, is to request defferred adjudication or request to complete defensive driving course and the offense will be dismissed.\n\nGood Luck and drive safe!
1094253
Your name must be Traffic Ticket cuz you got FINE written all over you...
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He doesn't have to pay the court before leaving. In Massachusetts if you choose to appeal a speeding ticket you see a court magistrate before you get to an actual judge. They use this method to weed out the frivolous cases. At the court magistrate a state trooper will be there (not the one who issued the ticket) and all he will simply do is read what is basically on your ticket. The court magistrate will then ask you to state your side. If the magistrate rules in your favor, you are of course all set. They can also reduce the amount of your ticket (but you'll still face insurance surcharges). If you are not satisfied with the outcome you can appeal it once more to an actual judge. If you choose to do this you HAVE to pay a court fee of $20 at this time. At the real hearing you will be allowed to submit evidence, testify, and the officer who ticketed you will HAVE to show up or the case will be ruled in your favor by default. \nI came across this question because I just happened to be looking up speeding tickets today because I actually just won my case in front of the magistrate today by default. The state trooper said that "The commonwealth of massachusetts is not prepared to proceeed with this case today" and the magistrate said "ok then you're found not responsible." If your friend takes it to trial and he loses he then has a 20 day period to pay the fine or he can ask for an extention...anyway hope this helps.
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No lo contendre means that you are not contesting the ticket and will be penalized as though you have plead guilty, although you are not admitting guilt.  The only way to fight is to enter a plea of not guilty.  Your best bet is to consult with an attorney, because the prosecution most likely has a better understanding of court rules, statutes, and case law by which you are being prosecuted than you do.  The judge in your case will be willing to grant you a continuance in order for you to have time to consult with an attorney because (assuming you are in the U.S.) you have the Constitutional right to assistance of counsel.  Remember to NEVER ADMIT ANYTHING to the police, the D.A. or the judge in this case without having your attorney present, and only with his advising you to do so.  Good luck!
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You'd probably be better of the pay the ticket.  If you go to court you may have to pay court costs as well as the fine.
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If you read the back of the ticket you will see that you had 15 days in which to pay voluntarily which was even a reduced fine. Now it's too late, you must attend or you won't have an opportunity to fight it. If you don't want to fight it the court will make a ruling that you have to pay and if you don't you won't be allowed to renew your drivers license. My pet peeve is when people ask these questions they don't say what country or state they are in so you may not be getting a correct answer from ANYONE on this. Please just go to court-play it safe! And since you will be there anyway-just contest it-believe me-it's FUN and you have more than an 80 percent chance of winning as the cops rarely show up due to rotation on their shift or they are usually too busy or needed elsewhere. If the cop doesn't show but you do -you're walking out of there with all your money.
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Hey, I just paid a $35 fine yesterday......but that one was my own stupid fault.\n\nMy fiance got a fine she didnt deserve (ticket was displayed), and she appealed & won. If its not fair, you should appeal.
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You can call the County Attorney's office in your county and speak with someone about the guidelines. Also you could plead not guilty in court and hire a private attorney to investigate into the matter of the legality of the roadblock. Could be pricey but it'll get you out of the ticket if you could prove that it was illegal.
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You can try to go to Court and dispute the ticket, but then most likely you will be saddled with additional Court Costs if you lose.\n\nIn theory, if any information on the ticket is incorrect, is should be void, but I  had a "seat belt violation" and even had my seat belt on and the Cop that wrote the ticket indicated that I was going North on a street that I was going East...there was not North!  The judge found against me as he said the cop had the benefit of the doubt and I ended up paying $250 for what might have been at $50 ticket.