Well friends,
I had my day in court this morning for having an expired DL more than a year.
As you may recall, the "deputy Magistrate" from last week would neither accept nor reject my plea for dismissal. She didn't even want to hear my questions that start out with, "
Am I entitled to know the nature and cause of the charges and proceedings against me?"(she had heard the series of questions two weeks before when she clerked for the "evil" magistrate), so she told me to come back on Monday when the DA was there. You know, Pilot couldn't get jurisdiction, so he sent Him to Herod!
But if found guilty, she told me I would be fined 500 dollars and spend 90 days in jail. This made for a hard week and weekend with the family. One MUST go for broke when this is the consequence of submission or loss(sometimes the same thing).
Low and behold, the same "evil" magistrate who sent her henchman after me the first time 3 weeks ago was back again WITH the DA this morning.
The Magistrate asked how I'd like to plea and I told her I was requesting a dismissal as instructed TO the D.A.
I couldn't spit out a sentence without her correcting me. My wife and friend in attendance said that she most definitely does NOT like you!
The DA asked if I had a current license. I did (sometimes one has to function OUTside the graybar hotel) and showed it to her. That gave her her out and she DISMISSED the "Special Case Misdemeanor" that carried the 90 days in jail!
No fine, no jail time, no record.
The magistrate was quick to point out in three different phrasings that my ORIGINAL charges were still there and don't even think you're free yet!
Of course, now we are into three weeks after I submitted my motions to be ruled on referring to how the Magistrate was unresponsive and I needed some answers first before I could plea or even consider trial.
QUESTION: How long is long enough to respond to motions?
Thank you for your prayers. Our God is a good God.
Now for a
great twist. Yesterday at church we had a guest speaker. His daughter is the fiancee of the trooper who arrested me 3 weeks ago. He is sitting 4 rows back from me. I am facing him because I lead worship with the full band! I kind of felt akward, but realized that maybe he felt more akward than me! I shook his hand after church and thanked him for coming. He said pretty much nothing.
The sermon?
Luke 18:2, the judge who didn't fear God and hated men, and would not give justice to even the widow. No, I am not kidding. The preacher asked if
that would be possible in a small town like ours. The trooper(not in uniform of course) got up to take a pee at that point. Just left his fiancee there, redfaced and flustered.
God's ways are sometimes humorous I think.
scott
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