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Originally Posted by Jaden
To have a law (VC) that allows them to cite you for something that is contingent upon another citation that has not resulted in a conviction is adherent to the very core of what our justice system is supposed to represent (i.e. innocent until proven guilty).
If for example, another cop were to have pulled me over before I had had my court date and before I had had my exhaust level tested and I informed him that I am in the process of contesting a violation of 27150a and he wrote me up for that other violation, both would end up getting thrown out. It is WRONG that he even has the authority to write it up, or that he is trained to write it up in the first place as I've stated it is adherent to the core of our judicial system.
Jaden
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This is what happened to me about 15-20 years ago.
I was pulled over for expired registration. I had mailed it in and the DMV had cashed my check but I didn't have the new sticker yet. Got a ticket for that. Less than a week later I got pulled over for the same thing. Told the cop the story of the previous one and that I was just waiting for the sticker. He asked if I had the first ticket with me in the car. I did not. He said he had to write it up since I didn't have it with me but that it would get cleared when I went to pay for the first.
I had to pay both when I went to the courts. Got my sticker the next day.