My question involves a speeding ticket from the State of Washington.
My court date is less than a week away at a location where I am not willing to spend an entire day traveling to. Thus, I wanted to submit a contested hearing by mail, but they have to receive it at least 5 days before the court hearing date leaving me with little time.
I've attached the affidavit to my speeding ticket. There are a couple discrepancies with which he marked (obviously a template). The biggest thing I couldn't find was the distance at which I was measured at, would that make my case? Also, I don't know if I was the "only moving vehicle in smd field," but I was definitely not the only car on the road: there were 2 other cars in very close proximity, and 1 of which was weaving around before I got pulled over. He could've easily confused that car for me if he measured from a distance away. I also wasn't able to find the File date (since it's electronic, I'm not sure how that works).
The affidavit included another person's "Certificate concerning design and construction of electronic SMD" which I didn't bother to upload. The Tuning fork # 137135 is not listed in "Exhibit A", but # 256725 is.
Lastly, he definitely did not "instruct me to read the infraction carefully." Frankly, he was quite the ass and literally told me not to smile, which is why I want to fight this.
So my questions:
1) Can you ask for motions/suppression through mail? (I.E. Suppression/Dismissal due to lack of evidence)
2) What are the actual chances that they even consider my story through mail? I read somewhere about how mailing may significantly lower your chances of winning, or they won't even bother reading it over thoroughly (meaning is it a MUST to go there in person?)
3) I definitely want to get this ticket off my record. However, would it be advisable to ask for a deferral at the end? I obviously don't want my arguments all being rejected and end up with the ticket on record.
4) How STRONG is my case? I only ask because if it ends up that I can most likely beat this ticket ONLY IF I am there in person, I just may be willing to sacrifice an entire day going there.
Thanks in advance!
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