My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: CA
I had a court trial date set up for a speeding ticket i received earlier.
When i showed up for court, the PO was not there.. I was pretty confident the case would get dismissed as i have seen it done before many times before for others.
I was called in front of the judge as the beginning of the court session and he told me this...
"The officer could not show up for court. He sent a note that he was on vacation and that he'd be back the following week." Because of this the judge continued the case to the following week.
This caught me off guard... i objected and asked for dismissal, the the judge overruled my objection.
As i left the court i became increasingly irritated.. i was not warned in any way by the court or PO that he is unable to show up. I had to take a day off of work for nothing, and now have to take an additional day.
If i was the one that couldn't show.. i would automatically be declared guilty by the judge.
Do i have any recourse here?

