Topic: ticket
started by: peregrin
Posted by peregrin on Mar. 10 2002,21:47
so, i have this friend. we'll call him "a". simple explanation of situation: "a" got a drinking ticket, on campus, from university police. ticket was for $213, and he was planning to appear in court. however, when said court date rolled around, "a" was unable to attend, and, unfortunately, was just a little too lazy to reschedule. now "a" has received a little slip of paper from the court telling him that there was a default "no contest" plea entered, and that he was found guilty. court says that he has to pay $213. this would be okay except for this little stamp that says "instead of license suspension, the court has ordered 8 days in jail for failure to pay the fine due". this is his first offense, and he is a little spazed out about this. i remember a while back that there was someone on here that was an attorney of some sort, and while i do not usually ask for any sort of advice, i am making an exception for said friend because he happens to be my roommate. yeah. please help.
Posted by j0eSmith on Mar. 11 2002,00:20
His own fault for not going to court when he was supposed to, or even trying to reschedual.He was just unlucky that he was busted by the uni-police.
Posted by CatKnight on Mar. 11 2002,01:35
on second thought, no 
Posted by peregrin on Mar. 11 2002,05:10
| Quote (j0eSmith @ 10 Mar. 2002,16:20) |
| His own fault for not going to court when he was supposed to, or even trying to reschedual. He was just unlucky that he was busted by the uni-police. |
and, as it happens, i was honestly looking for someone to telll me what i knew already. man, thanks so much for the advice. now, if you happened to have something to say that i might actually care about, feel free to express it.
Posted by veistran on Mar. 11 2002,05:47
unless the little piece of paper was sent registered mail/served on him, nobody can prove he recieved it... which would mean it's not a legal document.