Pittsburgh, Pa
Allegheny County
Magistrate: 05-02-27
Officer explained it would be a $50 fine. However, no matter how i plead i have to show up in court. If i plead guilty, i will have to pay $300 according to the officer.
I intend to plead not guilty, but i would like to know what errors on a citation might warrant a dismissal. Both my girlfriend and I received a citation and they are totally different.
Under how the case was instituted mine says by Citation/Summons. My g/f's says by on view arrest.
In section 22. the other box is checked and the officer wrote on mine: VCD Title 6. The officer failed to write a section, subsection, fine, costs, and total due.
On my girlfirends the offer also checked the other box and wrote City Ordinance and section 601.08 but failed to include any other information as the first officer.
On my citation the zone is noted as 4 while on my girlfriends the officer simply wrote "pitt/"
Finally in section 49. My officer wrote incident no. as 241211 while the other officer neglected to write anything in that section.
Edit: I would like to add that in section 19 titled Charge it is noted in the other section "Open container" in both citations.

