Ok guys, I wanted to update you guys on what I've learned from talking to the lawyer recently.
I tried to explain to the lawyer about what had happened to me with the police in August. The lawyer advised the best route to take would be to just negotiate the ticket to a plain speeding ticket. The lawyer said she would charge me $1500, and she would take care of all the details from going to the initial hearing to negotiating at the pre-trials. She seemed pretty confident about that, but I think she got the feeling that I would rather not pay $1500 if I didn't have to. (who wouldn't!) She advised that I could go in the first time and try to minimally explain some facts about what happened and say I don't want to admit to driving reckless, but would take a speeding ticket instead. In the worst case if they don't allow me to do that, then I will say that I would like to get a lawyer. I'm not sure if going alone the first time around would be damaging to my case or not. If all possible, I'd rather not pay $1500 for the lawyer to just make up some deal with the DA... I tend to almost agree with whoever posted a reply to my prevoius thread regarding this topic that this is a money making scam... I can't believe how minor the lawyer made it sound. In any case, I am hoping that I can present enough facts and I can present my attitude toward this matter correctly while I am in front of the judge. Do you think I should bite the bullet and let the lawyer handle everything, or should I first go in and try to take care of this by myself first... then hire the lawyer if worst comes to worst?
I tried to explain to the lawyer about what had happened to me with the police in August. The lawyer advised the best route to take would be to just negotiate the ticket to a plain speeding ticket. The lawyer said she would charge me $1500, and she would take care of all the details from going to the initial hearing to negotiating at the pre-trials. She seemed pretty confident about that, but I think she got the feeling that I would rather not pay $1500 if I didn't have to. (who wouldn't!) She advised that I could go in the first time and try to minimally explain some facts about what happened and say I don't want to admit to driving reckless, but would take a speeding ticket instead. In the worst case if they don't allow me to do that, then I will say that I would like to get a lawyer. I'm not sure if going alone the first time around would be damaging to my case or not. If all possible, I'd rather not pay $1500 for the lawyer to just make up some deal with the DA... I tend to almost agree with whoever posted a reply to my prevoius thread regarding this topic that this is a money making scam... I can't believe how minor the lawyer made it sound. In any case, I am hoping that I can present enough facts and I can present my attitude toward this matter correctly while I am in front of the judge. Do you think I should bite the bullet and let the lawyer handle everything, or should I first go in and try to take care of this by myself first... then hire the lawyer if worst comes to worst?