Police
pull you over for no license plate light but give you no ticket but give you a
driving without license ticket can they do
I got
pulled over for no license plate light but did not receive a ticket for the no
light so since police seen I had no license they only gave me a no driver
license ticket instead for no light ticket. Can the police do that? Then police
let me drive off as well
1 attorney answer , Jay K. Nixon Avvo Rating: 10 Criminal Defense Attorney in Kenosha & Janesville, WI
Yes, officers can charge you with things other than what
first caught their attention, such as the minor equipment violation you
describe. License plate bulbs are,
generally speaking, a bit of a "reach," since they are so often
ignored as so minor as to not be worth the trouble. I suppose if you complained enough about not
being charged with that, they would be happy to accommodate and charge you, but
I'm not sure why you'd want to do that, since the added throwaway charge would
have no impact on your more serious charge.
Either way, the law is pretty clear that when you are driving on a
public roadway, they can stop you with reasonable suspicion of anything, and
let the investigation go in any other direction where it takes them, so the key
to avoiding this is not to drive on public roadways. All that being said, however, a motion to
dismiss due to lack of a truly "reasonable" suspicion might still be
in order, so let your lawyer read all the reports and take a look at that
option for you.
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