A party got busted in my hometown and several people were all given MIC's, and that's how it was written on their ticket. The officer that was there said he saw me (he knows who I am....small town) holding a beer and then run from him. I get into town 3 days later from vacation to find the police have been looking for me. I call them and they tell me to go to the police station, so I did. When I got there, the officer gave me a citaton that he had wrote up 3 days ago for an MIC but needed my signature. I signed it then took off. I was a little mad but just took it and left.
I have court next month and was wondering if I should even bother putting up a defence....even though I am innocent how can I prove anything? It's my word against his. Even if that had been me there with the beer in my hand and I had ran away and didn't get caught until 3 days later, why did they give me an MIC and not an MIP. Is there really a difference, because there is no way he could have known that I had consumed any alcohol what-so-ever with just 'seeing' it in my hand? Then again, how would he prove that was a beer in my hand?
I have court next month and was wondering if I should even bother putting up a defence....even though I am innocent how can I prove anything? It's my word against his. Even if that had been me there with the beer in my hand and I had ran away and didn't get caught until 3 days later, why did they give me an MIC and not an MIP. Is there really a difference, because there is no way he could have known that I had consumed any alcohol what-so-ever with just 'seeing' it in my hand? Then again, how would he prove that was a beer in my hand?