Life Are there any actual lawyers on ChiefsPlanet?

**Bearcat** · 10-09-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

I never said that the ticket was not deserved. EVER. I said that a warning could have accomplished the same thing. I didn't want anyone to agree with me, I just wanted a referral to a lawyer.

I wouldn't use that argument in court. I'm pretty sure the judge will stop you at "Yes he was speeding in a school zone, but..."

Taking it to court implies he doesn't deserve it, or else what's the point? A warning could have accomplished the same thing, but that's a favor and shouldn't ever be expected, because you still broke the law. It's not on the cop to determine when he wants to give you a warning, because he never has to... and it was a school zone, maybe the cop thought he had no choice or maybe they never give warnings in school or construction zones. Sounds pretty logical why they wouldn't....

ChiefsFanatic · 10-09-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

I wouldn't use that argument in court. I'm pretty sure the judge will stop you at "Yes he was speeding in a school zone, but..."

Taking it to court implies he doesn't deserve it, or else what's the point? A warning could have accomplished the same thing, but that's a favor and shouldn't ever be expected, because you still broke the law. It's not on the cop to determine when he wants to give you a warning, because he never has to... and it was a school zone, maybe the cop thought he had no choice or maybe they never give warnings in school or construction zones. Sounds pretty logical why they wouldn't....

I don't want to take it to court. I just want it reduced so it will not appear as a speeding ticket on his record.

If anyone thinks that I want to fight it, that is not the case. He did it. He is guilty.

stlchiefs · 10-09-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

I don't want to take it to court. I just want it reduced so it will not appear as a speeding ticket on his record.

If anyone thinks that I want to fight it, that is not the case. He did it. He is guilty.

Yes you can pay an attorney to plead the ticket down to a non-moving, but it's going to cost you at least double the cost of paying the ticket so weigh the necessity of this. In KC, MO it takes an attorney these days, they won't even talk to non-attorneys. It has been stated that Blue Springs may be different and it's worth a call to the prosecuting attorney's office and to see what they will offer you, they may or may not talk to you.

sedated · 10-09-2009, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

I don't want to take it to court. I just want it reduced so it will not appear as a speeding ticket on his record.

then open the phonebook and get a lawyer.

even if someone on CP was a lawyer, chances are its not in Blue Springs.

The thread seemed to imply that the cop was in the wrong and you wanted to fight it, and I'm sure that's why some people are going off. Starting a thread saying, essentially, that your kid got a speeding ticket and you want it reduced to a non-moving violation (something that occurs in every court in america about eleventy trillion times a day) seems a little odd, even for the offseason.

ChiefsFanatic · 10-09-2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sedated

then open the phonebook and get a lawyer.

even if someone on CP was a lawyer, chances are its not in Blue Springs.

The thread seemed to imply that the cop was in the wrong and you wanted to fight it, and I'm sure that's why some people are going off. Starting a thread saying, essentially, that your kid got a speeding ticket and you want it reduced to a non-moving violation (something that occurs in every court in america about eleventy trillion times a day) seems a little odd, even for the offseason.

I just thought that if I was going to pay someone, it might as well be someone from the Planet. Just like using a member's wife as my mortgage broker, etc.

sedated · 10-09-2009, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

I just thought that if I was going to pay someone, it might as well be someone from the Planet. Just like using a member's wife as my mortgage broker, etc.

hey, I don't blame you. just an observation of the backlash.

and I wouldn't trust any of these nutjobs with my money