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Originally Posted by dlockhart
A few years later a young co-worker got tagged for "drag racing". Same lawyer same result. The guy he was "racing" got the book thrown at him. ( no lawyer )
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I suspect his young age and whatever he did or didn't say was the reason he got the book thrown at him. Rather then lack of lawyer.
Judges get lied and bull****ted to all the time.
By defendants, by accusers, by lawyers, by cops, by everybody.
In my experience, if you are somewhat of reasonable age, can speak coherently and can manage to offer a decent statement and apology for wasting the courts time, the judge will be lenient and just move on to more serious cases , I'm sure they have more then enough work with those.
"your honor,
I realize my speed was over the limit.
I have no excuse for that.
I accept whatever sentence you impose but humbly ask for your consideration because the circumstances do not indicate recklessness,
The weather was good, there was no traffic, my car was in good technical shape, i was not intoxicated , not racing, or showing off.
I am for the most part a sensible and responsible citizen who drove to fast.
I apologize for wasting your time.
Thank you"
Honesty and sincerity goes a long way
Unless there is a technicality in the law that needs to be found or used (which anybody else can do as well if they are willing to dig),
a lawyer will say the same things, at best with some more fancy wording and higher cost.