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If the court date on the citation is two months from the date of offense, the kop is legal.
If the kop dated the citation two months into the future, the case can easily be won by proving the offender was not present in the future to possess the marijuana.
It sounds like the young man is being enticed into being an informant. Tell him not to go there. Never snitch drug cases. Snitch on child molesters.
Was the future date for a court appearance or was the citation actually post dated? Did the officer seize the pot or dump it on roadside?The pot was seized. The citation date was written for July 2007, not a court date.
Citations actually issued on May 27, not July 27, as written on ticket. It gives the
young man two months to worry and decide if he needs to tell the officer anything
important.
I would plea not guilty jury trial. Smaller courts handling these cases hate jury trials. I would also call the local judge and explain the illegal post date. Explain you are going to fight this in court and that winning will be easy because you never possessed marijuana on June 27.
This is the first I have ever heard of this happening!
OHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I just remembered. It is illegal to falsify a government document!
A citation is a government document. Sounds like this needs to be reported to your local
District Attorney for prosecution! Don't just let this go because of fear.
Fight it. The kop is totally out of line.
