Legal Question in Criminal Law in Ohio

When information is wrong on a traffic ticket.

Recently, I was in Ohio and received a traffic ticket in a "college town". The cop was a total jerk...he ended up giving me a ticket for turning left when there was clearly a sign saying I couldn't. Here's the problem...he wrote that I did a U-turn on the ticket. I was on a one way street...how could I have made a u-turn?

Is there any way of fighting this? From what I understand, if any information is incorrect on a traffic citation, it is void.

Please help. I'm trying my hardest to get out of this one.

Also, are there any laws in Ohio that would place a person's first moving violation "under advisement"? Michigan has a policy where if a person has a ticket, they pay the fine, and then as long as that person does not get another ticket for two years, it never goes on their record. I'm hoping that I can do this.

Thanks for your help.


Asked on 12/16/97, 7:28 pm

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Patrick A. T. West Ohio Ticket Defense Patrick A. T. West, Attorney at Law

College town traffic ticket

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Answered on 12/17/97, 10:29 pm


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