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Ideas on how to handle crooked cop
The other night, a cop stopped me along with one other driver and wrote us
up for 70 in a 55. He told me that he had paced us for 3 miles before
stopping us. He said we both were going the same speed.
I agree that we were going the same speed, but neither of us agreed to the
charge of 70. In two separate conversation with the cop, we confirmed 64
mph. (After this fact came out, the cop got real mad and uncooperative.)
The other driver and I knew this was a crooked cop. Now we're working
together to come up with a defense.
One of the situations I think plays into this is the cop's quota of
tickets for the month and when that quota is due. Since this occurred on
April 30th, he was probably pushing it for tickets. Discovery is a
process that I try to always use to get this information, but it never
yields any useful information. How can I obtain this information from the
county before the court date?
Using my testimony and the other driver's testimony, I don't think we'll
have a hard time disqualifying the cop as a witness. My scare is that the
other driver's testimony of "I was doing 64 along with Rob" will be
incriminating. Anyone have any ideas about how to keep this information
from coming out in court. Remember, this will be a valid question the
prosecution can ask.
To consider one other option here, what about a notarized letter of
testimony? A letter would be good because my witness would not be there
to answer the prosecution's questions. Can I use a letter in court
instead of the actual witness? If so, does the signature of "Under pain
or penalty of perjury" make it a legal document?
Any ideas would be appreciated. Please mail any responses to me. All 3
of our news servers seem to be messed up. It might be from the recent
Internet router change or our net is just broken.
Rob Stokes
Mail: RDStokes@Apple.Com
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