08/14/2026
Ah, traffic tickets.
These are not my bread and butter criminal offenses. These are plain traffic citations filed in the court with TR case numbers assigned. I usually don't get involved in these. The fine is usually much less than what you're gonna pay me and if the officer shows up and is believable, you're out the money you paid me and the money you'll have to pay for the ticket. not to mention, you can probably avoid the adjudication and point yourself by picking the right option.
But sometimes, it's fun to roll the dice. Especially on careless driving cases. The great thing about careless driving is that most times it doesn't matter what the officer has to say. They came after the fact. In Monday's case, my client was alleged to have failed to move over and run an officer off the road then charged with careless driving.
It was so egregious *eye-roll* that the officer didn't even bother writing a report. So when the time came to subpoena witnesses, the only witness is the LEO, who signed the report.
I talked to the LEO like I always do before hearing and realized that there was going to be no witness to the infraction present. Without that, their testimony is hearsay as far as what the other officer would've had to say, and my client's statements were subject to the accident report privilege. With that objection sustained, the LEO had nothing else to provide, and my client was found not guilty.
