Hot Dog Day #91 posted:

It's a bond, not a cost. That's blarzgh's point.

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Appeals are de novo to a higher level trial court, but you must post a bond of 3x the judgment or get a surety.

blarzgh posted:

No, you were right; I figured lay people reading this thread didn't understand you were referring to the concept of 'posting a bond.'

dalstrs posted:

Pretty much this happened.

Really was dumb. The case was that I loaned my brothers gf (we'll call her D) one of my cars. She was driving to work and the defendant pulled out from a side street (the defendant had a stop sign, D's street did not) D was able to react fast enough to swerve into the median rather than get hit by the other car. The defendant admitted she 'ran' the stop sign (she said she stopped at it and didn't see D until she was already pulling into the intersection) D was driving in the left hand lane, the defendant said she stopped before entering the left lane. The defendant also stated that there was a black SUV turning that prevented her from seeing D's car. We had letters from people at the scene immediately afterward telling about how the defendant was apologizing for not yielding and then after her father arrived he began changing her story to make it seem like it wasn't her fault. The judge wouldn't allow the letters. I should have asked for to postpone so I could subpoena them but that was my mistake.

The thing that really gets me is the defendant's insurance company said she was 70% responsible (maybe I'm dumb for not taking this), but none of that matter because I couldn't bring it up and half my evidence wasn't allowed.

We made a claim with D's insurance before and they denied the claim saying it wasn't her fault. My hope is that we can take this judgment to them and get them to cover it now since we have a court ruling saying it isn't the other girls fault.

Sorry if this doesn't make sense at the moment, it's been a long day.

Edit; I'm also pretty sure the judge was dosing off during testimony.

dalstrs posted:

If I can't get attorney fees, I don't know if it is worth it. I was only asking for 6k and an appeal would probably cost at least half that wouldn't it?

seacat posted:

Can you provide any more information on this? My understanding (State is TX) is they confiscate your license if you refuse to blow. How is that not theft?

Inb4 yes, all DWI suspects are monsters operating a multi-ton death machine and should be sentenced to death by torture because think of the children.4

areyoucontagious posted:

I have a question about this case. What made the cop's stop illegal here? I was curious about it and figured that since the cop lacked cause to stop the guy, he couldn't legally ask for the guy's ID (or rather that the guy didn't legally have to comply with such an order). But then I read that Utah had "stop and identify" laws. Since the cop can make a legal order to request ID, which is what led to this guy's detainment and prosecution, was this really an illegal stop in the first place?

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Officer Fackrell was at most negligent. In stopping Strieff, Officer Fackrell made two good-faith mistakes. First, he had not observed what time Strieff entered the suspected drug house, so he did not know how long Strieff had been there. Officer Fackrell thus lacked a sufficient basis to conclude that Strieff was a short-term visitor who may have been consummating a drug transaction. Second, because he lacked confirmation that Strieff was a short- term visitor, Officer Fackrell should have asked Strieff whether he would speak with him, instead of demanding that Strieff do so. Officer Fackrell’s stated purpose was to “find out what was going on [in] the house.” App. 17. Nothing prevented him from approaching Strieff simply to ask. See Florida v. Bostick, 501 U. S. 429, 434 (1991) (“[A] seizure does not occur simply because a police officer approaches an individual and asks a few questions”). But these errors in judgment hardly rise to a purposeful or flagrant violation of Strieff ’s Fourth Amendment rights.

FrozenVent posted:

There's no way getting off on a horse is legal in Texas.

Baja Mofufu posted:

The police won't care, I just don't want to put time/money into improving something I might have to tear down.

I did check with the landlord; he thinks a brace isn't even required and that the window should support it.

I'll try calling the building code enforcement when they're open. They're not now and I was hoping someone might know what part of the law these fall under.

Eta: We're not in any HOA. Our whole building is owned by a single landlord and rented like apartments. I called it a townhouse because it's a multifloor unit--sorry that wasn't clear.

HondaCivet posted:

So basically if I'm not in the area anymore I can't take my landlord to court?

Hot Dog Day #91 posted:

legitimately love that you're citing to the practice guide.

blarzgh posted:

If I remember correctly, that duty is limited to holding the funds and taking reasonable steps to ensure they are delivering the funds to the right person.

blarzgh posted:

lol, Chris McGooey, CPCPESSLM


I wouldn't trust anything I read on that website.

The complaints I see are usually just
1. Observed them take the merchandise
2. Observed them walk past all points of sale without paying for the merchandise.


I don't know where he's getting this outside the store or continuous observation stuff.

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Sitting on this side of the glass

Javid posted:

I'd buy "it's just for enforcement" if the money went somewhere other than the coffers of the municipality doing the ticketing. After all, if the sole purpose is deterrence, then you can just light the money on fire in front of the offender for the same effect, right? Maybe donate it to a charity, if option A is too wasteful. Just not directly into the coffers of the city/county/state that writes the laws they profit from and pinky swears it's only about deterrence.

Some places are decent, some aren't, etc, but there are unquestionably places that abuse it.

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Then why bother with fines?

NancyPants posted:

But I thought the points were the progressive punishment?

doverhog posted:

Doesn't everyone pay tax? Again, it's not wealth, it's income that was already taxed and is on record for being taxed.

doverhog posted:

I embraced the derail, I know nothing about your crazy rear end courts.

This: Doesn't everyone pay tax? Again, it's not wealth, it's income that was already taxed and is on record for being taxed. is in reference to how day-fines work in a country where they are in use.

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Proving what someone's wealth is, beyond a reasonable doubt is a much bigger endeavor than you think it is in this country.

EwokEntourage posted:

Pay the ticket

EwokEntourage posted:

Pay the ticket

blarzgh posted:

Grouchio posted:

Is it fine to store a myriad of geography pictures you find from various countries off of panoramio for reference on your drive?

Grouchio posted:

They sometimes are, usually they're pictures of fields, deserts, coasts, mountains, etc. I do not intend to use them for any projects/commercial use. Also all of them happen to also show up on Google Earth, which says you can print them for non-commerical use. So I don't know. And no I'm very pale.

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Can I use, copy, print or download a photo from Panoramio?

To use, copy, print, or download a photo from Panoramio, you must get explicit permission from the photographer. To contact a photographer to ask for permission, add a comment to the photo or use the Private messaging feature. The owner of the photo will receive an email with your comment and can contact you back.

Grouchio posted:

I went and deleted all of those panoramia photos I found to be safe. Where would be some good places to legally archive such images from?

Jeb Bush 2012 posted:

Stupid hypothetical: if someone were to go into a police station and give a signed confession that they'd committed a felony, but not say which one, could they be charged and what with? More generally, if you know someone committed a crime, but can't be sure of any specific crime they've committed (say, you have footage of them in one place, and later in another, and the only way they could have gotten from one to the other in time is if they either drove way over the speed limit or trespassed), what can you do?