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Has anyone here appeared (themselves, not through a lawyer) at the initial online hearing/pre-trial conference (on Zoom) for a speeding ticket in Broward County, and what happened?
Should you normally be offered (without having to ask) one or more options to resolve the case without proceeding to trial (e.g., an offered amount of court costs to pay, with adjudication withheld and no points and therefore no effect on future insurance rates), and would you be required to decide immediately during that hearing whether to accept any such offer?
I understand the officer doesn’t attend the hearing and it’s not handled by a judge. Are you expected to provide any testimony or arguments relating to legal defenses, or would any such issues only be discussed later if the case proceeds? If you don’t receive a sufficiently good offer at the hearing, can you still hire a lawyer to handle any subsequent proceedings without losing any potential defenses because a lawyer wasn’t at the pre-trial hearing?
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