Originally Posted by
Gordie
The evidence provided thus far will be the allegation and details of offence on the expiation notice. If it goes to trial, there has to be full disclosure from the prosecution to the accused, which is where copies of all statements and evidence will be provided prior to trial.
One case I was defending myself on, the prosecutor gave me copies of all the stuff he was going to use in court- one minute before we entered the courtroom. When the magistrate asked if I had seen the evidence and I told him it was a minute ago, literally, the look he gave the prosecutor was priceless. He was fighting an uphill battle from then on.
I won the case, and as I was leaving, the magistrate asked the prosecutor to come to his chambers for a "short discussion" - I would've liked to be a fly on the wall for that meeting!
I have had quite a few instances where they have held out until a couple of days before the court date, then claimed that they're giving me a break "due to your good driving record" (you get that with a few decades of interstate truck driving)
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You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
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