From Montreal, charged doing 112 in 80, court is 800km away.
Second problem: if I were to plead not guilty, there is no way, and it would be senseless, for me to travel 1600 km round trip to the jurisdiction, for a court date.
Is there an official procedure for submitting a plea bargain in writing in situations such as this. Even getting the ticket bumped down to +29km/h would save me a fair amount of money, and a demerit point.
I apologize if this is in the wrong forum, I wasn't sure if I should post it in the (+~30 km/h) forum or in the Court section.
Thanks in advance
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You cannot plea-bargain in writing. However, you could hire a paralegal or traffic lawyer to go to court for you. Usually in these cases they'd plea-bargain it down to a lesser speed. You might be looking at 15 or 20 over.
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I'm sure you have more experience than I do, but I did a bit of reading, apparently an electronic meeting with the prosecutor should be possible.
Then further down it mentions:(6) The defendant and the prosecutor may, if unable to attend in person because of remoteness, attend their meeting by electronic method in accordance with section 83.1. 2009, c. 33, Sched. 4, s. 1 (6).
Would hiring a paralegal cost more than the ticket?(2) Subject to this section, in any proceeding under this Act or any step in a proceeding under this Act, if the appropriate equipment is available at the courthouse where the proceeding occurs,
(a) a witness may give evidence by electronic method;
(b) a defendant may appear by electronic method;
(c) a prosecutor may appear and prosecute by electronic method; and
(d) an interpreter may interpret by electronic method. 2009, c. 33, Sched. 4, s. 1 (48).
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Hiring a paralegal would cost more than the ticket, in and of itself. However, if you simply pay the ticket, you then have the insurance rate increase to deal with in addition to the fine. I'm not too familiar with SAAQ but I can tell you that usually paying the ticket ends up costing more in the long run than hiring a paralegal to fight it, depending on the outcome of course.
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You can respond to the ticket with Not Guilty and wait for a hearing date (currently the wait is greater than 2 years). Once you receive the hearing notice, you can call the Crown Attorney to ask for a reduction / plea bargain. They will likely do so. Be polite...
Note that the police officer does not have to be in court for you to be convicted (unlike Ontario). If you want the PO to be there, you must request it and then if you lose, you will pay extra for having the witness there. Plus you have to pay court costs as well. Since you have a such a long distance to travel, unless you have a really strong case that you feel you can win, you may want to consider the plea bargain route. GL
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This offence took place in Ontario.G35Dalf wrote:You cannot hire a paralegal in Quebec
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Radar Identified wrote:This offence took place in Ontario.G35Dalf wrote:You cannot hire a paralegal in Quebec
Sorry, misread the OP's comments. Thanks.
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