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... the sign is set off to the right more than typical (stop sign height is much higher than normal and also inset to the right side of the side walk unusally more than normal which both conditions made it difficult to notice from inside my car).
None of which will get you a not guilty verdict. Any and all pleas related to these sort of sign variations should always be a "guilty with an explanation" which is precisely what you're offering here. Doing so at the arraignment might get you a fine reduction. Wasting the court's time and the officer's time by going through TBD and maybe even a trial will likely negate any possibility of a reduced fine and possibly no longer having the traffic school option!

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The judge may say stop is written on the pavement (in white) before the stop line, but I will also argue a car was crossing in front of me from the left (at the intersection where I presumed right of way) and so my attention was on the vehicle turning in front of me.
So, again, you're being inattentive and you think that is a lawful excuse!

What if it was a red light that you failed to notice? Do you think that will lessen your liability to any pedestrians that you ran over? Or to a diver /passenger of another vehicle that you broadsided?