Force Fatal Error?
If I hypothetically already have a trial date set, can I force a fatal error by not showing up for the trial, and then making an appeal based on an error of law: the justice should have quashed the traffic ticket based on POA section 9(1)b: "where the certificate of offence is not complete and regular on its face, the justice shall quash the proceeding."
http://www.ticketcombat.com/offences/fi ... forceerror
Or does this type of error only work if the fine amount is incorrect?
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How is the JP supposed to know, based on the face of the ticket, that you were driving a sunbird as opposed to a sunfire (or vice versa)? Fatal errors are errors on tickets where certain information is omitted or incorrect, rendering the ticket of legally invalid (quash).
What you CAN do, during the trial, is create doubt that the offence occurred by bringing up things like incorrect vehicle description. However, I think the difference between sunbird and sunfire is so miniscule that I don't think it would create any doubt in the mind of the JP, especially if all the other descriptors provided by the officer during testimony are accurate (colour, 4-doors, licence plate, etc).
PS- where did you receive the ticket where it has the vehicle description on the face of the ticket???
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1994 PONT GRN SF
And then I requested disclosure and got a copy of the officers notes and in his notes he wrote:
1994 Green Pontiac Sunfire
So can I force a fatal error because he wrote it on the ticket even though he did not have too?
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The case which provides the legal basis for forcing a fatal error is London v. Young. In that case the Judges were very clear in stating that not all errors on a ticket are significant enough to warrant quashing the ticket. I think listing the wrong make of car on the ticket would be viewed by a judge as too minor to warrant quashing the ticket, especially since listing that information is not even required for the ticket to be valid. Now you may be able to use the discrepancy at trial when you cross examine the officer to try and trip up his testimony, but it won't be enough to force a fatal error. Here is a link to the case if you would like to read what the judges had to say. http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/20 ... ca429.htmljsherk wrote:So on the ticket, at the bottom of the section where it says CONTRARY TO , he wrote in whatever highway traffic act and section and then there was some right above where he you write the plate number and he wrote
1994 PONT GRN SF
And then I requested disclosure and got a copy of the officers notes and in his notes he wrote:
1994 Green Pontiac Sunfire
So can I force a fatal error because he wrote it on the ticket even though he did not have too?
Thanks
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