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Subject: Re: Officers, but far from gentlemen...
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Date: Mon, 25-Aug-86 13:26:12 EDT
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Buy yourself a copy of the book, "Fight Your Ticket", by attorney David
Brown, published by Nolo Press, 950 Parker Street, Berkeley, CA 94710.
This book explains everything you'd ever want to know about how to fight
your speeding ticket, and I mean EVERYTHING from what to do when you're
first pulled over to how to appeal if you lose your case.  Also buy a
copy of the Calif Vehicle Code.  Armed with these two books, as long as
you drive in what you believe to be a safe and reasonable manner (such
as doing 55 on cruise control), you will have a good chance of winning
your case.  I cannot recommend more strongly that you read these two
books, and it would be preferable that you read them BEFORE you get
pulled over, as there are preparations you should make.

I have a question for the readership.  Suppose a cop pulls me over and I
have no witnessess.  Without the officer's knowledge, I tape record the
conversation.  Can I use the tape as evidence in support of my personal
testimony?  In other words, if I give my personal word that the
recording is accurate, is it admissible?  I've always heard that tapes
aren't admissible, but if that's true, then how does the government use
wiretapping tapes in court?