Legal Question in Traffic Law in California

Hi tell my for a traffic ticket stop for speeding on my way to the hospital 03/25/09 to pick up my med's for my numonia. I had a suspended license at that time. I told the officer that I have a emergency I on my way to pick up my med's. I'm going to give you a ticket for drveing with out a suspended license and speeding. I'm low income, unemployed. I got a court date 09/01/09 the court one count violation of vehicle section 14601.2. Marsy's law section 28, i guess that the cal penal code 1054.2a(3)and it said . Note exceptions in cal penal cod 1054.2a(a) and (2) . Discovery request pursuant to penal code section 1054.5 subdivision (b) the people are hereby informally requesting that defense counsel provide discovery to the people as required by penal code section 1054.3 Please help me that I going to get a public defender what can I said to hem.


Asked on 8/07/09, 4:27 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Dave Jake Schwartz sonomacountyduilawyer.com

You should definitely get a lawyer, because driving on a suspended license is a new and serious charge with jail exposure, fines, further license consequences, etc.

Tell your lawyer about the reasons you felt it was necessary to drive; depending on the severity of your medical condition and any alternatives to driving which were or were not available to you at the time of this incident, you may have a defense to this charge. Also there may be other defenses in your situation which your lawyer may be able to uncover after examining your present case, any past case(s) which may be causing the suspension, and your underlying DMV record.

Further, in most cases it is best to do everything possible to fix the problems causing your license to be suspended. Understand that typically someone facing a suspended license charge who walks into court with a valid license prior to resolving a suspended license case will make the judge happier and will have better bargaining strength with the district attorney. Consider that most judges will allow a reasonable delay in a suspended license case to allow someone to fix underlying problems causing the suspension.

If you live in Sonoma County and wish to hire a Santa Rosa DUI lawyer, please visit my website at http://www.sonomacountyduilawyer.com/. Best wishes.

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Answered on 8/07/09, 5:18 am


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