QUOTE FROM CARL: "He wouldn't need anything to compare it with if he adequately set a foundation for his training and experience or if the judge believed he had the requisite training and experience."
Stated he had 15 years experience. That's it. That doesn't sound like much of a foundation...
Well, I appreciate your attention to detail, Carl. That's something that I argued the police officer that stopped me lacked. For example, on the ticket, the officer made an error and scratched it out completely beyond recognition. I questioned him about that and he testified that he thought...
Well, it's not like I'm up against the world's greatest prosecutor. I don't think anyone is going to be reading all of the case reviews I put in. Furthermore, you stated that if the officer's radar wasn't wasn't working properly and they throw out that testimony, the officer then won't have...
The ad hominem thing is probably what got me convicted in the first place. I have low tolerance for substandard work. I came down hard on him in court. He was dumbfounded on almost every question I asked. I probably would have won but there were 7 other police officers present waiting for...
Thank you, Carl, for your service here. The problem I can't seem to get thru to you is that the "stunt" like you call it is not the only error I will be appealing on. I'm not a lawyer, or even a simple policeman. But I do know that the more angles I come from, the more chance that something...
Not according to the case authorities I found here in Texas. Besides I found some other stuff in that transcript that will be hard for the appellate judge to walk away from. I love reading these replies. If it ain't prosecutors sticking up for prosecutors - it's cops sticking up for cops...
Unfortunately Carl, that was not the testimony that the officer gave. He stated that he was able to visually estimate speed. Not the speed of a vehicle, but speed - period. Could be a vehicle, a plane, or a marshmallow. Also, another little nugget I got out of the transcript was that when I...
Oh, I'll probably lose. But because the system is rigged not for lack of probative value. Lawyers appeal cases all the time on less harmful errors than that. I could even pay a lawyer 200 dollars and he'd go downtown and clean it up without ever having to buy a transcript. What does that say...
Lame. What is so obvious? The police officer says he can visually estimate speed but is not allowed to prove it. I'm not a legal expert but seems to me that if a prosecutor objects to a witness being asked to prove that they can do what they claim if the case depends on that proof then it is...
Thank you for reminding me. After looking at the transcript it appears that the police officer did mention that he could "visually estimate speed" but when I challenged him on it the prosecutor objected - leaving me to wonder if he really could visually estimate speed or if it was something...
I lost my case in Municipal Court the other day. I found an error that I think the Judge made during my trial. The police officer testified that he was able to visually estimate speed. He reminded me of that 3 times during my cross examination. After the third time I pulled my keys out of my...
I represented myself in Municipal Court for a traffic violation. I think I did a great job. It was trial by ambush. The police officer claimed he could determine the speed of a vehicle just by doing a visual. Well, I took him to task on that and the prosecutor objected (without grounds, mind...
That's right. Out of anger, I called the manager of an apartment complex a whore after finding out about a bunch of moving out charges. She was the only one in the office at the time but there was a couple (probably thinking about renting there) in another room. I never said anything to them...