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From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Defense for Speeding
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Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 08:44:54 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  7 08:44:54 1984
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> What arguments might work to get oneself out of a speeding ticket will
> vary from judge to judge.  I sat in on traffic court recently where a
> defendant tried asking for calibration records, etc. only to have the
> judge exclaim:  "I know what you're up to and I'm not about to turn this
> into a `federal case'.  The judge then proceeded to declare the defendant
> guilty.

The judge obviously doesn't care about justice, just about
making money off of alleged speeders. (Which is all too
common, but not usually so blatent.) I hope whoever it was
demanded a retrial.

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