Originally Posted by Slimnplatinum
well when u go to court u can settle it the first court date and plea no contest...Court fees are NOT waived but you come out with no ticket fine and it's like if it never happened, unless you take another ticket to court then it effects whether the judge will waive that one or not. The cop not showing up thing is BS. All LEOs have to show up for court. 3 no shows in court are terms for termination per the HCSO handbook.
well i have taken 6 tickets to court. i have yet to have an officer not show up. and plead no contest to 5 of them . all times no court fees assesed and brought a lawyer for the last one and beat the ticket.
ohh it has been in pinellas/pasco/hillsborough(sp?) counties.