What are my rights if the police department messed up in issuing my ticket?
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What are my rights if the police department messed up in issuing my ticket?
Initially I was given a ticket but the next day the issuing officer called me and said he made a paperwork error and that he was retracting the citation. However, today, 5 days after the citation was issued, the lieutenant stopped by my dorm and issued me a citation, saying the officer didn’t have authority to retract a citation for an administrative issue. Another problem I found, is that the new ticket has my campus address listed on it and the original had my home address.
Asked on January 31, 2013 under Criminal Law, Wisconsin
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Given the fact that you have a ticket issued by the police lieutenant, you need to appear in court on the date, time and location of the citation and simply tell the judge what happened and defend yourself as to the charges against you. Advise the court that the ticket was retracted and then re-issued and let the court make its decision. Sound like sloppy police work from what you have written.
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