About a month later, I received the courtesy notice from the Santa Clara County traffic court.
Once you receive the ticket, the first thing you should do is to get as much information on you ticket as you can. Fortunately, you have the legal right to do so, it's called "Discovery".
When the officer walks back to his car and writes you the ticket, he also makes himself some notes on the back of his own copy. This notes contains very important information such as how he determined your speed (by Pacing, Radar, Vascar or Laser), upon which your challenges will be based. In California (as well as many other states), one has the legal right to demand access to the officer's notes.
In order to get a copy of the officer's notes, you must make a specific written request for the disclosure of all notes or documents relevant to your case, it's called discovery request. I sent my discovery request through certified mail to both the law enforcement agency that issued me the ticket, which is CHP, and the prosecuting agency (Santa Clara County District Attorney).
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Once you receive the ticket, the first thing you should do is to get as much information on you ticket as you can. Fortunately, you have the legal right to do so, it's called "Discovery".
When the officer walks back to his car and writes you the ticket, he also makes himself some notes on the back of his own copy. This notes contains very important information such as how he determined your speed (by Pacing, Radar, Vascar or Laser), upon which your challenges will be based. In California (as well as many other states), one has the legal right to demand access to the officer's notes.
In order to get a copy of the officer's notes, you must make a specific written request for the disclosure of all notes or documents relevant to your case, it's called discovery request. I sent my discovery request through certified mail to both the law enforcement agency that issued me the ticket, which is CHP, and the prosecuting agency (Santa Clara County District Attorney).
Click on the image to enlarge.
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