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by Johnny
Sat Apr 09, 2016 6:39 pm
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

Re: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

Yes you definitely should testify in this case and tell your side of the story as it will help bring doubt to officers testimony. But if it is just your word against the police officers word, 95% of the time they will believe the police officer. I agree this is not right, but it is how our great Ca...
by Johnny
Sat Apr 09, 2016 6:28 pm
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

Re: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

Yes you definitely should testify in this case and tell your side of the story as it will help bring doubt to officers testimony. But if it is just your word against the police officers word, 95% of the time they will believe the police officer. I agree this is not right, but it is how our great Ca...
by Johnny
Sat Apr 09, 2016 6:23 pm
Forum: Courts and Procedure
Topic: Does hiring a lawyer make you look guilty to the judge?
Replies: 2
Views: 1703

Re: Does hiring a lawyer make you look guilty to the judge?

bend wrote:Short answer is they don't care. If anything, it makes their lives easier not having to explain every little thing to someone who doesn't know what's going on. A JP will not hesitate for a second to recommend you seek out representation.
Ok thanks.
by Johnny
Sat Apr 09, 2016 4:48 pm
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

Re: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

if you can get the footage from a QEW camera that shows it was not you, then you will win. But getting that video footage will not be easy. Most likely if you ask for it in disclosure they will just say it does not exist. I am going to try and see if I can get that footage, I have a cousin that wor...
by Johnny
Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:23 pm
Forum: Courts and Procedure
Topic: Does hiring a lawyer make you look guilty to the judge?
Replies: 2
Views: 1703

Does hiring a lawyer make you look guilty to the judge?

Will hiring a lawyer make the judge more inclined to think that you are guilty vs not hiring a lawyer?
by Johnny
Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:05 pm
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

Re: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

Officers are allowed to lose sight of a vehicle. To suggest two different vehicles with different body styles made the old switcharoo while he checked his mirrors is grasping. It also happens frequently that an officer will write down black for a blue car or black for a dark brown car. There's a mi...
by Johnny
Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:36 am
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

Re: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

The next question I have is "how busy was the road"? Was there other cars on the road? Were there 2 to 3 cars between you and him? I am going to procced with advice below, assuming there were other cars on the road and there were 2 or 3 cars between you and him. When the officer gets on t...
by Johnny
Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:52 pm
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

Re: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

I prepared a few questions myself that I would like to add to the ones you have already given me if you feel any of these are not proper please let me know. 1) Are you able to distinguish the difference between black and blue? If he says no I will ask are you legally color blind? 2) In your notes yo...
by Johnny
Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:42 pm
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

Re: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

Quick question for you jsherk I read the post that you linked "game of court". So does this mean I should hire an attorney or should I still represent myself? If I represent myself and I lose I could always appeal and then hire an attorney or is it better to hire one now? Also to answer yo...
by Johnny
Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:36 pm
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

Re: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

The next question I have is "how busy was the road"? Was there other cars on the road? Were there 2 to 3 cars between you and him? I am going to procced with advice below, assuming there were other cars on the road and there were 2 or 3 cars between you and him. When the officer gets on t...
by Johnny
Fri Apr 08, 2016 9:39 pm
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

Re: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

Did you have trial already? Please explain in more detail what has happened so far as it seems you have been before a JP already. Can you, to the best of your ability and recollection, type out what the notes say? No I have not had a trial yet, today was my trial day but I did not have the disclosu...
by Johnny
Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:41 pm
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

Re: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

Well if I could read them, I would probably have some suggestions. Personally I would make another disclosure request and ask for "a typed copy of the officers notes as they are very hard to read and I can not properly prepare my defense without fully understanding the notes" The officer ...
by Johnny
Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:08 pm
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

Re: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

jsherk wrote:Can you post a copy of the notes for use to read (with personal and officer info blanked out)?
Hi thank you for the reply. I have added the officers notes as attachments.
by Johnny
Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:37 pm
Forum: Improper use of high occupancy vehicle lane
Topic: HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.
Replies: 24
Views: 5306

HOV Lane during the Pan AM games please help trial soon.

I got pulled over by a opp police officer who stated that I was using the HOV lane on the QEW, he gave me a ticket 154.1 (3) improper use of HOV lane. I was never in the HOV lane to begin with. When the police officer approached my vehicle and asked me why I was in the HOV lane, I told him "I d...

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