Courts, Lawyers and Judges =Dewey Scruem and Howe
Okay Chris was supposed to have his Careless Driving trial today. His paralegal called him yesterday to get him ready in case he needs to testify and everything.
So he goes there this morning and he said no one was there, no witnesses, no cops, no one! It was him, his two paralegals and the Crown. So after talking to the Crown for a minute, the paralegals tell Chris to wait for them, they will be right back. So Chris is thinking "Okay third adjournment, my paralegal said he will file for too long of delay now!" His paralegals come back and tell Chris to come with them.
They go into a room and he sits down. They tell him that he can plead guilty to "Failure To Share Road" and it is only 2 points instead of the 6 for careless. But it is a $750.00 fine. So Chris says "Well I thought we had a good case to fight it.", all of sudden he gets told that "Well the thing is, if you get convicted, the Crown will be asking for jail time." Well Chris just went numb.... He still did not say yes though.... They kept telling him about how he would keep his license, insurance would blow the roof off etc etc... finally he says yes....
They go into the court room and the judge and takes the plea and tells him it is $750 plus court costs (he can't remember if the Crown told the Judge or the Judge said it first). Anyhow judge tells him six months to pay and off he goes.....
Then we got thinking later "The fine for careless is only $400, is the fine that high?" So I google it and found it on a site "Failure to share the road-$110 SET FINE.
So now Chris wants to know WITH went on today????? He is going to the court house tomorrow morning to try and make sure he was not hearing things or something...... The more he thinks about it, the only time he has heard of a jail sentence for careless is if you kill someone... Even then the Crown will usually let you know that high of penalty. So he wonders if the paralegals just told him that knowing that would tip it. But why the high fine? Did the justice just say yes to whatever got put to him?????
If he finds out that it is not supposed to be that high, he is going head hunting for every single person involved in this. Plus he wants the $1000 back from his paralegals, plus he wants "not guilty" on all charges. That is a start.
Just when you think it is over!