Legal Question in Traffic Law in Minnesota

Think of it this way:

Case against you -- the government has charged you with speeding. How will they ever prove that? Imagine you're at your trial, and the prosecutor asks the cop, "now is this man sitting over there at the defendant's table the person that was driving the speeding vehicle?" Of course, the officer should say no, it was actually a younger female. If that works right, then you're found not guilty, case dismissed. More likely, now that you've told the government that they got the wrong person, they should just dismiss the case.

Case against your daughter -- you do not have to tell them who was actually driving. And you shouldn't. If you don't volunteer that information, then it's likely that they won't be able to file a case against your daughter. If they do somehow find a way to charge her with speeding, then you guys can deal with her speeding ticket, just like it would have been if the cop issued the ticket to her in the first place.

If you're very interested in making sure that this all works out in your favor, you could retain me to represent you and/or your daughter. But, as you can guess, the cost of legal representation is often more than you'd want to spend on a speeding ticket case.

-Sam

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