the prosecutor advised that in cases like this when it's civil one complaint against another the parties drop it
pros: "would you like to drop it"
me "no"
pros " i can speak to him and probably get it dropped,"
me "no"
pros "In all my 30 years of doing this, people drop it"
me "ok"
pros"do you want to drop it"
me "no"
pros"if convicted you can get 7 points on your license, do you want to drop it"
me"no"
pros "i will advise you to get an attorney"
me "no thanks"
pros"you are a lay person , fighting these charges, you don't want an attorney"
me "no"
30 minutes later in front of judge:
judge "in these cases, since there is NO accident, when it's complaint against complaint, we can drop it, would you like to drop it"
me"no"
the guy " I wanted to drop it"
me "i understand, no"
judge "if convicted you can both get 7 points on your licence "
me "i understand"
the guy "I wanted to drop it"
judge"well it's very difficult in these cases, without witnesses"
me"your honor, i have a witness, my husband was in the car with me"
the guy "I have a witness"
me "YOU HAVE A WITNESS??, IT WAS ONLY YOU IN THE CAR AND ME AND MY HUSBAND IN MY CAR"
the guy "he was behind me"
me "oh really"
judge " well are you ready to precede"
me "yes"
judge "I will advise you to get an attorney, do you want an attorney?"
the guy "yes"
me "no"
judge "NO? i am a lawyer, and i would advise you to get a lawyer, do you want a lawyer"
me "no"
judge "no? you know i've been in the business for a few weeks now. well I can't force you"
the guy "yes"
me "no"
judge "now we will have to go to trial, and bring your witnesses, set for another day"
me "WHAT? why can't we do this now??"
judge "he wants an attorney , and by the constitution he has a right to an attorney"
he started by wanted to drop it, to bringing an "eyewitness", to needed an attorney. I will be writing to the judge! i will state if he wanted an attorney, why wasn't he prepared with an attorney, he found a phoney "eyewitness" but he couldn't find an attorney
