We've had some history with the police in my town..
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We have a steady police presence of 5 - 10 officers in the town at any given time.
Long story short I exercised my right to not talk to the police (I watch them beat the *EDIT* outta my brother and a…
Just wondering what you guys think of those HOV lanes.
Sure these lanes are faster then usual but i think they present a ton of problems, now the first thing i want to clear up is often we say speed is dangerous. Okay i can believe that depending on the context and situation its used in. But i think…
I heard somewhere that flashing your lights (i.e. clicking your high beams on and off) to warm drivers in the opposite direction of a speed trap is a violation of the highway traffic act.
Is this true ?
I was watching motoring 200X and they spoke about this, and accorinding to them, it is NOT illegal…
Mid July 2012 I was hit at 6pm by a drunk driver. That's when my hubby decided to tell me that he didn't take care of the insurance as he was supposed to. So, I got charged with driving without insurance. Car is in my name.
Inuries were minor - all of us had aches/pains, hubby had seatbelt burn…
Hello I'd like to start by saying what a great site this is!
Back on July 31 2011 me and 7 other friends received speeding tickets for 148km in a 100km zone on motocycles. I received my disclosure on March 2nd and court is on March 14. which isnt alot of time to prepare 
some facts of the case
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Just wondering what this incident means...........
My wife got caught not making a full stop - no contest.
However, also got a "ticket" for failure to surrender card - but she did but it was expired.
She found the good card after that mistake and gave it to the officer.
However she still got a "ticket"…
I got a speeding ticket doing 75 in a 50 zone. There where vehicles all around my vehicle doing about the same speed. The road was 2 lanes in one direction and 2 lanes in the other direction. There was a vehicle beside mine, another behind that vehicle and a vehicle behind me, all moving above the…
Hi all,
Unfortunately I got a "Disobey Sign" ticket tonight in this weather for turning left at a no left turn intersection (Greenwood turning left onto O'Connor) and my question is if it is possible to fight this ticket successfully due to a variety of reasons.
First of all, since visibility was…
Courts have lost jursdiction
In my case, the Crown stated that there was a defect on the Certificate of Offense and essentially the Courts have lost jursdiction.
What exactly does that mean?
Also, the Crown submitted a white form. Im not sure what that is.
Can someone explain what that form is?
Re: Courts have lost jursdiction
Likely a fatal error on the ticket or a ticket that was filed too late. We're not mind readers could you elaborate on the situation and under what circumstances you met the prosecutor?
Re: Courts have lost jursdiction
There was no meeting with the prosecutor.
1st hearing, disclosure was given. 11b) motion was denied.
2nd hearing. I asked to cross-examine the officer, however the Crown chose to not call it's own witness, as a summons is required.
3rd hearing. Courts have lost jursdiction due to an error on the certificate of offence.
What type of paperwork did the Crown file?
Is the form available online on the Ontario Court of Justice website?
Re: Courts have lost jursdiction
Sounds like the prosecutor noticed a fatal error and withdrew the charge. You were told you were free to go an the matter was resolved? Correct?
Re: Courts have lost jursdiction
I was told I was free to go.
It seems like the Crown has abandoned my case.
Why didn't they do this earlier?
And for the record, the prosecutor did not withdraw the charge (I asked the JP)
and in fact the courts have lost jursdiction in the matter.
This means, don't have personal jursidiction to come after me. (I looked it up).
I'm just shocked they decided to first, not call their own witness.
Second, I am shocked that they decided to not proceed.
Shouldn't it be my responsiblity to file the documents for this fatal error?
Why would they do me a favor???
Re: Courts have lost jursdiction
No paperwork required. Anything said in court is on record. There is nothing to be shocked about, the system worked the way it was supposed to because despite your lack of knowledge of the system you ended up getting out of a ticket because the paperwork was off. If they could have taken you to trial or got you to plead guilty they certainly would have.
Update
As an update, I received a notice of trial in the mail again. They claimed that they misplaced the Certificate of Offence and now they've found it.
However after attending, the Crown Prosecutor didn't have the photographs, so the charges were withdrawn.
Moral of the story: Don't back down and be persistant.
