I know this may have been asked before but I wanted to give you my story and see how things should be taken care of.
Me and the wife were coming home from the mall. I get off at my off ramp and take a left. About a mile up the road the cop behind me lights me up. Guy gets out and says he did a random tag search and saw the owner had a revoked license. I didn't know at the time and after doing a bit of research he said it was revoked for a failure to appear. Thinking back I did completely forget about going to court for a minor speeding ticket in the cobra back in August of 2012. I told the officer the truth and he told me to get it taken care of, show the judge my new license and if the judge throws it out, he won't mind. He also gave me an extra month to get finances and other situations taken care of. At this point me being naive and ignorant with the law( third ticket my 11 year driving term with only minor speeding tickets for the previous 2 which were handled by my parents when I was 17), I continue to drive to get my daughter from daycare. After getting her I get some gas and as I'm coming out a nc DMV inspector lights me up for illegal exhaust. I was driving the srt4 and told him about the no muffler/resonator info in the service booklet but he still gave me a ticket. He also took my license and gave me another driving while license is revoked ticket. I get a lawyer the next day and get the failure to appear taken care of. I've had my license back for about two weeks now and my first court date for the exhaust and driving while revoked will be tomorrow.The first ticket I habe doesn't have me due in court until April 18th. My goal is to get the exhaust ticket thrown out but ask for a continuance for the driving while revoked as I don't know if the judge will throw it out or hit me with a fine and possible jail time plus a year suspension of my license. Also since the other ticket due in April is for the same incident is it possible to have them both taken care of at the same time if I were to represent myself. Is there any way a judge would give me a slap on the wrist for this?
Me and the wife were coming home from the mall. I get off at my off ramp and take a left. About a mile up the road the cop behind me lights me up. Guy gets out and says he did a random tag search and saw the owner had a revoked license. I didn't know at the time and after doing a bit of research he said it was revoked for a failure to appear. Thinking back I did completely forget about going to court for a minor speeding ticket in the cobra back in August of 2012. I told the officer the truth and he told me to get it taken care of, show the judge my new license and if the judge throws it out, he won't mind. He also gave me an extra month to get finances and other situations taken care of. At this point me being naive and ignorant with the law( third ticket my 11 year driving term with only minor speeding tickets for the previous 2 which were handled by my parents when I was 17), I continue to drive to get my daughter from daycare. After getting her I get some gas and as I'm coming out a nc DMV inspector lights me up for illegal exhaust. I was driving the srt4 and told him about the no muffler/resonator info in the service booklet but he still gave me a ticket. He also took my license and gave me another driving while license is revoked ticket. I get a lawyer the next day and get the failure to appear taken care of. I've had my license back for about two weeks now and my first court date for the exhaust and driving while revoked will be tomorrow.The first ticket I habe doesn't have me due in court until April 18th. My goal is to get the exhaust ticket thrown out but ask for a continuance for the driving while revoked as I don't know if the judge will throw it out or hit me with a fine and possible jail time plus a year suspension of my license. Also since the other ticket due in April is for the same incident is it possible to have them both taken care of at the same time if I were to represent myself. Is there any way a judge would give me a slap on the wrist for this?
ill definitely be asking for a continuance.
