Our Cases The following table are the past and current cases and their status: IDR refers to Informal Discovery Request. Please refer to IDR for details. TBWD refers to Trial By Written Declaration. Please refer to TBWD for details. Case Member Violation(s) Forum Posting(s) Fine (US$) Status Status Updated Reasons for GUILTY or NOT GUILTY IDR prepared or used TBWD prepared or used MOTION prepared or filed C#0001 Mr. MC VC 22350 (Speeding under 65 mph - 63 mph over 45 mph in Los Altos, CA) N/A US$ 200.00 + 15% Insurance NOT GUILTY. No money was refunded since I did not even have to pay in the first place! June 2007 After the Los Altos PD recevied my IDR, they sent a request to the Palo Alto Courthouse to dismiss my case. Read the news here. [View] [PDF] N/A N/A C#0002 M#01 VC 22350 (Speeding under 65 mph - 34 mph over 25 mph in Castro Valley, CA) N/A US$ 200.00 + 15% Insurance NOT GUILTY. About US$200 has been refunded. Sept 2007 IDR sent, TBWD sent, Not Guilty since there is no Engineering & Traffic Survey. It was a speed trap there. [View] [PDF] N/A N/A C#0003 M#02 VC 21655.5 (b) (Carpool Lane Violation - at freeway entrance from (north bound) Lawrence Expwy onto (east bound) Hwy 237 in Sunnyvale, CA.) N/A US$ 440.00 NOT GUILTY. About US$440 has been refunded. Sept 2007 IDR sent, TBWD sent, Not Guilty since Defendant was able to explain a situation where Defendant was trying to avoid an accident. [View] [PDF] [View] [PDF] N/A C#0004 M#03 VC 22101 (d) (Illegal Turn - an illegal left turn at McCarthy Ranch in Milpitas, CA.) N/A US$ 200.00 + 15% Insurance NOT GUILTY. About US$200 has been refunded. May 2008 IDR sent, TBWD sent, Guilty on TBWD. Setup Trial de Novo the day after Memorial Day long weekend, Officer did NOT showed up. Case dismissed! [View] [PDF] [View] [PDF] N/A C#0005 M#04 VC 22349 (a) (Speeding above 65 mph - 70+ mph over 65 mph in San Mateo, CA.) N/A US$ 160.00 NOT GUILTY. About US$160 has been refunded. May 2008 IDR sent, TBWD sent, Not Guilty. I think this Defendant is a good writer. If I were the Judge, I would have found Defendant Guilty. :} [View] [PDF] [View] [PDF] N/A C#0006 M#05 VC 21706 (Following emergency vehicle - Following within 300 feet of an emergency vehicle in San Mateo, CA.) N/A US$ 170.00 NOT GUILTY. About US$170 has been refunded. July 2008 IDR sent, TBWD sent, Not Guilty. Officer was waving his hand to the Defendant to slow down on Hwy 280. Defendant mistakenly took that "waving hand" signal as "please pass my car slowly and carefully". This is what the Defendant use to explain in the TBWD. N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0007   Mr. MC VC 21658 (Unsafe Lane Change) N/A US$ 180.00 + $40 (traffic school) + 15% Insurance + 1 DMV point NOT GUILTY. No money was refunded since I pleaded not guilty at my Arraignment. Jan 2009 IDR sent, Change of Venue to County Seat motion granted during arraignment, Motion to suppress evidence sent, but never heard by the Judge. However, I also mailed this Motion to Suppress evidence to the Officer, and the Officer knows it. Anyway, Officer did not showed up perhaps the Officer got confused, and went to the Palo Alto Courthouse. Well, I have changed my courthouse location to the County Seat at Santa Clara Courthouse. :) Case dismissed! N/A N/A Motions for Change of Venue to the County Seat (filed, and granted) Letter sent to the Judge to request for TBWD (sent, received, but Judge has not read it yet) Motions to Suppress Hearsay Evidence (filed, but Judge has not read it yet) Peremptory Challenge to disqualify the Judge (filed, but the Commissioner showed up instead so I did filed for the wrong Judge)   C#0008   M#04   (Welcome Back!) VC 22350 (Speeding in Cupertino on southboard Wolfe Rd -x- Homestead Rd) N/A US$ 135.00 TBWD sent, TBWD found NOT GUILTY. Feb 2009 Engineering & Traffic survey's 85th percentile speed is more than 5 mph above speed limit of 35 mph. Therefore, it is a "speed trap"! N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0009 M#06 VC 21453 (a) (Red light - right turn on red light without a complete stop in Mountain View, CA) Cited by an Officer N/A US$ 396.00 + 15% Insurance + 1 DMV point IDR sent, TBWD found guilty. Trial de Novo found GUILTY. Feb 2009 Any sort of rolling stops are hard to defend. The Officer just need to be there at the trial. Then, Defendant will be found guilty even there were a huge store sign blocked Officer's view. Unfair huh ?!!   In summary for this case, it has involved: 3 Judges 2 courthouse locations 4+ motions filed or requested, 3 were granted Officer showed up 3 times at 2 different courthouses, and at the 3rd time, Officer stood at the 3rd Trial de Novo for 45+ minutes Obviously, we tried our best to fight this. N/A N/A Peremptory Challenge to disqualify the Judge (filed at least one week before the 1st Trial de Novo, and granted at the 1st Trial de Novo. A new Judge and court date were set.) Motions for Change of Venue to the County Seat (requested at the 2nd Trial de Novo, and granted) Letter sent to the Judge to request for Continuance and Change of Venue (sent, received, both motions granted at the 2nd Trial de Novo) Motion for Acquittal, California Penal Code 1188 (requested at 3rd Trial de Novo at the County Seat, and denied) C#0010 M#07 VC 22350 (Speeding 55 mph in a zone of 40 mph) N/A US$ 155.00 NOT GUILTY. Jan 2009 Officer did not turned in his TBWD. Judge considered that Officer has failed to appear. N/A N/A N/A C#0011 M#08 VC 21453 (a) (Red light - right turn on red light without a complete stop) Red Light Camera Ticket N/A US$ 396.00 NOT GUILTY. Feb 2009 A four year old kid was the witness. He saw the traffic light was yello when Defendant crossed the white marked line at the intersection. N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0012 M#09 VC 23123 (Cell phone talk) N/A US$ 132.00 NOT GUILTY. April 2009 N/A N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0013 M#10 VC 22454 (a) (Failure to stop at School Bus Stop Sign) N/A US$ 626.00 NOT GUILTY June 2009 N/A N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0014 M#11 VC 22350 (Speeding - 70 mph over 45 mph zone on Hwy 17 near Santa Cruz, CA) N/A US$ 297.00 NOT GUILTY. Feb 2009 N/A N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0015 M#12 VC 22450 (a) (Stop Sign - not stopping properly) VC 12951 (a) (No driver license) N/A US$ 500.00 NOT GUILTY. Aug 2009 Officer wrote that Defendant did stopped completely, and perhaps, it was just improperly for an unknown reason. N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0016 M#13 VC 22349 (Speeding above 65 mph - 90+ mph over 65 mph in Lathrop, CA on Hwy 5) N/A US$ 415.00 NOT GUILTY Aug 2009 N/A N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0017 M#14 VC 22350 (Speeding - 60 mph over 35 mph zone on Hamilton Ave., San Jose, CA) N/A US$ 370.00 NOT GUILTY. Aug 2009 N/A N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0018 M#15 VC 21456 (b) (Jaywalking at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA) MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 165.00 NOT GUILTY. Mar 2009 Please read the forum posting from the URL at the left. N/A N/A N/A C#0019 M#16 VC 22450 (a) (Stop Sign - Redwood City, CA) N/A US$ 202.00 GUILTY. Nov 2009 Found guilty at TBWD. At Trial de Novo, the Officer showed up, so the Defendant pleaded for traffic school and requested for fine reduction. Still, nothing to lose since Defendant has taken the chance to fight and learned the whole process of fighting. A great lesson learned! N/A N/A N/A C#0020 M#17 VC 22349 (a) (Speeding - 81 mph over 65 mph zone - Southern CA) MotherCopper.com Forum Nasioc.com Forum US$ 350.00 (estimated) NOT GUILTY. Aug 2009 Please read the forum posting from the URL at the left. N/A N/A N/A C#0021 M#18 VC 24250 (Driving without headlight - Los Angeles, CA) MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 200.00 NOT GUILTY. May 2009 Please read the forum posting from the URL at the left. N/A N/A N/A C#0022 M#19 VC 22450 (a) (Stop Sign - Los Angeles, CA) MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 202.00 NOT GUILTY. Nov 2009 Please read the forum posting from the URL at the left. N/A N/A N/A C#0023 M#20 VC 22101 (d) (Illegal Turn - an illegal left turn between 4PM - 7PM - CA) MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 220.00 NOT GUILTY. Oct 2009 Please read the forum posting from the URL at the left. N/A N/A N/A C#0024 M#21 VC 21453 (a) (Red Light - Hemet, CA) Red Light Camera Ticket MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 446.00 NOT GUILTY. Aug 2009 Please read the forum posting from the URL at the left. N/A N/A N/A C#0025 M#22 VC 27315 (g) (No Seat Belt - Santa Clarita, CA) MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 150.00 (estimated) NOT GUILTY. Nov 2009 Please read the forum posting from the URL at the left. N/A N/A N/A C#0026 M#23 VC 22349 (Speeding - Los Banos, CA) N/A US$ 321.00 GUILTY. Nov 2009 Found guilty at TBWD. Set up Trial de Novo but the Defendant thought that it was too far to attend. So, Defendant wrote to the Judge, and asked for traffic school instead, and the request was granted. But, the fine was not reduced since the Defendant did not ask for it. N/A N/A N/A C#0027 M#24 VC 22350 (Speeding - 57 mph over 35 mph zone - Palo Alto, CA) N/A US$ 332.00 GUILTY. Nov 2009 Defendant went for the court trial without first doing TBWD. Defendant should have done TBWD in the first place! Showed up at the trial two (2) times. For the first time, the Translator did NOT showed up, but the Officer showed up. For the last time, the Translator finally showed up as well as the Officer. Then, Defendant pleaded for traffic school and requested for fine reduction. The reason is that the Engineering & Traffic survey has a 85th percentile speed of 40.8 mph and the posted speed limit is 35 mph. Therefore, the posted speed limit is valid. N/A N/A N/A C#0028 M#25 VC 21950 A (Failure to yeild to pedestrian - San Francisco, CA) MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 202.00 NOT GUILTY. Nov 2009 N/A N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0029 M#26 VC 21655.5 (b) (Carpool Lane Violation - Hwy 101 in Redwood City, CA.) N/A US$ 446.00 NOT GUILTY. Dec 2009 Defendant is pregant, and she was driving by herself. She was in need for something urgent so she accidentally went onto the carpool lane to rush to somewhere. N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0030 M#27 VC 22102 (Illegal U-Turn in Business District - Los Angeles, CA.) MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 202.00 NOT GUILTY. Dec 2009 Found guilty at TBWD. Officer did not show up at Trial de Novo. Defendant did not even complete or attempt a U-Turn. N/A N/A N/A C#0031 M#28 VC 22350 (Speeding - 63 mph over 50 mph zone - Sunnyvale, CA.) MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 222.00 NOT GUILTY. Dec 2009 N/A N/A N/A N/A C#0032 M#29 VC 21453 (a) (Red Light - Daly City, CA) Red Light Camera Ticket MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 446.00 NOT GUILTY. Dec 2009 Please read the forum posting from the URL at the left. N/A N/A N/A C#0033 M#30 VC 21453 (a) (Red Light - San Francisco, CA) MotherCopper.com Forum Post 276   MotherCopper.com Forum Post 277 US$ 446.00 (estimated) N/A - waiting for a forum reply Dec 2009 Please read the forum posting from the URL at the left. N/A N/A N/A C#0034 M#31 VC 21658 (a) (Unsafe Lane Change)   VC 27315 (d) (No Seat Belts) (Antioch, CA) MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 450.00 NOT GUILTY. Dec 2009 Please read the forum posting from the URL at the left. N/A N/A N/A C#0035 M#32 VC 22349 (Speeding above 65 mph - 82 mph over 65 mph in Fremont, CA on Hwy 880) N/A US$ 332.00 NOT GUILTY. Jan 2010 N/A N/A [View] [PDF] N/A C#0036 M#33 VC 21453 (a) (Red light - right turn on red light without a complete stop in Citrus Heights, CA) Cited by an Officer MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 471.00 GUILTY. Jan 2010 N/A N/A N/A N/A C#0037 M#34 VC 22440 (a) (Impeding traffic in Oxnard, CA) MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 160.00 (estimated) NOT GUILTY. Jan 2010 N/A N/A TR-205 example is inside the forum. However, make sure you have the 1st and last paragraph from my other examples. N/A C#0038 M#35 VC 12500 (a)(Expired driver license) VC 22350(Speeding under 65 MPH) (Cupertino, CA) MotherCopper.com Forum US$ 720.00 (for both violations) NOT GUILTY. Feb 2010 N/A N/A N/A N/A