So today wasnt so good. I learned a hard lesson and now im going to pass it on! So This was my first time in the city of everetts court so i did everything ive done in the past, filed for my discovery within the correct time frame, and i never recieved it. I thought i was golden. I took the contested option and explained to the judge what i did and made the motion to surpress and dismiss. He told me there was no records of me asking for the discovery so I told him i had proof of service. He got mad and said bring that here, I did. He then preceeded to start laughing at me and said this is the stamp for the snohomish county prosecuting attorney, This is the city of everett, ((everett is in snohomish county! ive had dismissals in arlington and marysville filing with the same snoho county PA. why is everett different?)) this document is no good here, Now what do you want to do. I asked for a continuance and he laughed even harder and said I could grant that but im not going to. Do you have anything else to say? I simply shook my head no because i went into shutdown mode from being so angry with this wonderfully fair nice judge. In hindsight I could have taken a few other routes to argue my case but my emotions got the best of me and cost me a nice chunk of change and a ticket on my record for the next 5 years. I wanted to go defered as a last resort but once you commit to having your contested hearing you are not eligible anymore according to this judge. Another thing I saw today that i have never seen is the citys PA was there offering people amendments to their tickets to make their 150-190$ speeding tickets non moving violations and charge them 202$ for expired tabs, thus not having anything go on your record. How the heck is this even possible to just change the charge?? I dont know. Anyhow the only good out of today for me was the learning experiance. Keep calm have a couple backup plans and arm yourself with evidence for your defense. I can think of 2 other ways i could have had great odds at getting my dismissal but i didnt take the time to gather the proof i would have needed because i never got my discovery and my emotions got the best of me. I just dont understand why it erks the legal system so bad when one tries to use their own rights by their own accord. oh well Ya live ya learn.....i guess im not doing to bad tho i have had 6 tickets in my life and gotten 3 dismissed. Thanks for reading and the input on this one everyone.
