Altered traffic ticket

[monasent]

I was issued a traffic ticket that was changed or "added to" by the Officer. When he gave me my copy, he only had "speed" written on the did commit the following offense section. I obtained a copy of the ticket the Officer turned in and he added 55-35 after the word speed. Can he legally do this? I know for a fact that he did this because he was not sure of what the speed was. He asked me if I knew what the speed limit was and I said "yes, 35." He then replied, "Oh, well then I guess you weren't going as fast as I thought you were."

 

[lawrat]

I am a law school graduate. What I offer is mere information, not to be construed as forming an attorney client relationship.

That is illegal and unconstitutional. You may be able to get this dismissed. The best bet, inform the court of this (i.e. bring your copy and his altered copy) and go from there.

You were not notified properly of the charges against you and the speed at which you were going was a material issue to a SPEEDING TICKET. Hence, it implies he DID NOT know your speed, didn't not use a radar gun (the lack of a calibration record proves it) and thus, had to write something after the fact to just make sure you were found guilty unjustly and without cause.

 

[monasent]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face=" Arial, Verdana, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by lawrat:
I am a law school graduate. What I offer is mere information, not to be construed as forming an attorney client relationship.

That is illegal and unconstitutional. You may be able to get this dismissed. The best bet, inform the court of this (i.e. bring your copy and his altered copy) and go from there.


Thank you very much, this at least makes me feel better.

You were not notified properly of the charges against you and the speed at which you were going was a material issue to a SPEEDING TICKET. Hence, it implies he DID NOT know your speed, didn't not use a radar gun (the lack of a calibration record proves it) and thus, had to write something after the fact to just make sure you were found guilty unjustly and without cause.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>