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In article <Oct.9.15.54.25.1992.8664@aramis.rutgers.edu> rinehart@aramis.rutgers.edu (Mark J. Rinehart) writes:
>
>You might as well forget it - with the cop pulling out, he probably
>had to go 73 to catch up to you. This exact same thing happened to me
>in South Jersey a few years back - I was in fact moving at between 50
>and 55 - the cop claimed I was going 68. I went to court - had to
>drive 1.5 hours each way, 3 times - the first 2 times, the cop wasn't
>there. The 3rd time, he was. He lied on the witness stand. Every
>question I asked him was objected to by the prosecutor, and sustained
>by the judge. In the end, the judge said - Mr. Rinehart, I'm not
>saying you lied. I just don't believe you told the truth. Guilty.
>
That is interesting.  In the past, I got a speeding ticket in
NY state.  I asked for the "sworn deposition" and never got it.
I went to court and the cop never showed up.
The judge instantly dismissed the case and I went home.

What are the rules in the case where the cop doesn't show up
for the trial?  Surely, they cannot have you running back and forth
to court forever!
(But knowing the bureaucracy of the court system, I guess I should not
be surprised.)
 
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Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)  
From the beautiful and historic Mid-Hudson Valley area of NY state