I received a careless driving ticket with my phone being in the front window with a video playing with GPS in back. What do I do

Hire a lawyer to plea bargain the ticket for you or go to court yourself and plea bargain it on your own but if you take the case to trial risk is...

It's completely in the officer's discretion. Interesting line in your venting session is "do not speak freely in front of Officer" so and so. How...

Careless driving?

You may be able to downgrade this ticket to a no points violation which is what you want because your insurance already charged you with five...

I gave the officer that pulled me insurance card and it was expired, but I did have a proper up-to-date insurance in the car

if you go to court they may waive the $150 fine and charge court costs only of $33.

I hit a movable road sign and kept going. Is this a hit and run and how long must I wait to see if I am going to be charged?

"Hitting a movable sign" is a hit and "kept going" is a run or in Jersey legal parlance leaving the scene of an accident under N.J.S. 39:4-129b...

Is a New Jersey municipal court judge required to hear closing arguments if a defendant does not waive the right

This isn't the type of rule that is so strictly enforced that it is fodder for appeal. It's more harmless than anything else. However, most...

I got caught for speeding the officer wrote a wrong address on my ticket and all the mail went to an address down the block ?

You will not be successful at fighting the ticket based on officer putting wrong address.

Can't speak in a vacuum like this. Need much more info. Need discovery. Need to find out what kind of investigation was conducted. Where were...

Do I need a lawyer to avoid having my license suspended for 6 months?

With six months loss of license privileges hanging over you, you would do well to go to court with an attorney.

You can call the court and tell them that you plead not guilty and they will most likely reschedule it.