Thanks, argyll

Now I guess my question is what are the odds the police officer shows up in the re-scheduled trial next month

argyll wrote:Illness is a valid reason. Same goes for the defendant: if you're ill, you get an adjournment, if you just don't turn up you get a judgement against you.

Thank you, jsherk Yes, I did appeal and told the JP that it's hard to take another time off from the workplace. One of the people at the trial with me even brought his witness but the JP just re-scheduled his, too. Is there any minimum duration for an 11b application, such as a year? Thanks! Did you...

The reason for the officer's absence was illness. Interestingly, three cases including mine had the same reason :mrgreen: - I got the ticket early April, 2015 - Trial was scheduled for early December, 2015 - I requested change in the trial date as I was not able to take time off from the work - New ...

Hi, Police officer didn't show up so I thought the tickets I got would be withdrawn. However, the JP said the trial needs to be rescheduled; now I need to take another day off to attend. Many people at the court with me also appealed but their trials were rescheduled, too. Is this common practice? I...

If you want to resolve this with the prosecutor, you can ask to have the red light charge dropped down to: HTA 144 (10) : Obeying lane lights (10) Every driver shall obey every traffic control signal that applies to the lane that he or she is in. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 144 (10) http://www.ontario....

In the absence of the officer the prosecutor will often simply withdraw the charges, since his main witness isn't there to testify. However, in some cases they will try to get an adjournment and reschedule for another date. Thanks, daggx From all the advice so far, I think I'll go with Option 2 for...

Prosecutors know all the charges you are facing and have your entire driver's abstract. That's how they file things---all charges from one set of facts for a defendant are placed in the same envelope/folder. It keeps everything tidy and all correspondence and filings are kept together. Its also eas...

Yes, that's why I'd like to take Option 2 for the first two doc-related tickets and hope them dropped at a meeting with a prosecutor. Then, I'd only have the red light ticket at a trial. The whole idea of them dropping maybe one of the the lesser charges is so there's no trial. If you're going to g...

There is no incentive for the Crown to withdraw the first two charges if you plan on going to trial on the third, hence they all get dealt with together. You'll either work out a plea deal on all three or go to trial on all three. Unfortunately unlike the red light ticket, there's not much to fight...

You'll have to deal with them as a group, whichever option you choose. Likely the deal offered will be plea to the red light and the other two will be dropped. Or you take your chance at a trial for all three. The two document offences are very easy to prove at a trial though. Thank you, Decatur Do...

Hi dakchu,

Would you be able to share how it ended please? Were you able to change the option or not allowed? How did your case go at the trial? Thanks!

Hi, Officer pulled me over and gave me three tickets at the same scene - fail to stop at red light, missing driver's license and permit. Am I allowed to go with Option 3 for the red light one while I pick Option 2 for the rest two document related tickets? Or, should it be only one option, either ea...