jsherk wrote:No not a typo... there is a very good chance the officer WILL appear and a very very small chance the officer will not appear.

Ok thanks. So trial it will be.

Thanks jsherk, encouraging comments.

jsherk wrote:Well there is now a very very small chance that the officer will not appear at the next trial date

In your comment above, I assume "not" is a typo and you meant small chance that officer will appear. I badly hope so too

Hi friends, I appeared for trial this week prepared with the defense. This is what happened - 1. Officer came, he had around 10 cases on his name, guess was not my lucky day. 2. Crown offered me $200 fine and 3 points, I did not accept. Asked for a non-moving violation, she did not agree. 3. They fi...

Thanks a lot friends for the tips. As I prepare my defense based on the pointers here, I had few more questions - 1. If the color itself of the phone as quoted by officer is wrong, will it help my case to create enough doubt that he could have seen something else and what proof can be acceptable? Ph...

Here is a copy of disclosure I received. I got the ticket in Oct 2016 and trial is scheduled for week after next in March 2017. I have also received the DVD as part of disclosure but DVD is only showing view of my car from cop's car behind mine (it does not show me holding the phone). I now understa...

Hi friends, My ticket date is Oct 2016 and not Oct 2015. I apologize for the typo.

I got response from the prosecutor regarding my disclosure request yesterday. They have asked me to pick it up from court. Will get it and post here for advice.

Thanks for the replies. As advised, I will just follow up in 2 weeks time just to make sure I have made enough attempt from my side. Once I receive the disclosure, I will seek further inputs here.

Many thanks, this forum is very informative and supportive.

I got a ticket for driving with handheld device in Oct 2015 and I had requested for a trial. Yesterday I received the notice of trial (notice is dated 26-Jan-2017, court of trial is Newmarket, ON) and trial date is Mar 8, 2017. Today, I have sent in a registered request for disclosure (i.e on 29-Jan...