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Originally Posted by masraum
Yeah, I've used it several times (farther back in the thread). I was talking about the folks that said "just do defensive driving" which is an OK option, but not great. It's not nearly as good as deferred adjudication or deferred disposition (same thing, but some courts have told me "no we don't do this we do that."
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They may do a conditional dismissal IF you take defensive driving. Meaning, take the course then State dismisses case. I even got an assault family dismissed for client taking anger management course.
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Originally Posted by javadog
Yeah, the only difference is the attorney can get them on the phone before trial; when you do it yourself you generally have to do it in person a few minutes before your case is brought up.
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Gotta disagree with this part. I do this every day and less than 1% of my communications with the ADA's is over phone. It just isn't done. Not what I'd prefer but it is how they operate. They like the email. Heck, some of them even give out their personal cell number to text.
The other thing to remember is that for the last 2 years at least here, the courts have been doing limited business due to some flu thing. They are woefully behind and the ADAs usually don't start looking at next Wednesday's cases until next Tuesday. So any pre-docket discussions may be fruitless.
I had a client with charges in felony, misdemeanor, and municipal courts. By far the municipal court ADAs were the worst to deal with and the most difficult to get in touch with. Certainly no phone but even emails they wouldn't return.