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How to Fight a Stop Sign Ticket
Stop Sign Tickets - Going to Court
For most stop sign tickets the prosecutor at traffic court will want to have a trial. If you do not know how to run a stop sign trial, make legal arguments, or have not appeared in traffic court OTT Legal can help you to win your traffic ticket.
There is no time limitation put on how long the stop must be, only that it must be full and complete.
Like any traffic ticket the Police and Prosecutor have to prove the case to the Justice of the Peace before a conviction can be entered, meaning that the Justice of the Peace must be certain the motorist committed the offence.
If the prosecution is not able to prove the charge the Justice of the Peace can dismiss the charge.
The police are required, therefore, to prove all the elements of the stop sign charge described in section 136,1a of the Ontario Highway Traffic Act. e.g. Was the stop sign properly visible?
At trial the police officer will have a government appointed prosecutor to assist them as counsel. It is equally important that the defendant to be well represented or they risk being convicted and receiving the penalties described for stop sign offences.
The prosecutor is a trained legal professional who represents the interests of the municipality/government. The prosecutor's job is to get a conviction against the motorist for the stop sign offence. Most Prosecutors are extremely fair individuals however they are not there to help you.
To ensure that you are properly represented in traffic court call OTT and get a legal professional on your side.
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