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    Given misinformation at a traffic court arraignment

    I just had a traffic court arraignment today in California for a speeding ticket where I was going 30 mph over the speed limit.

    The judge said I was not eligible for traffic school because of the speed. I told her that I had called earlier and they said that a judge could give me traffic school. She said that if you were going a certain number of mph over the speed limit you can't get traffic school. When I asked her how many mph over the speed limit, she said that she "thought" it was 20. She went on to say that she had the power to allow people to do traffic school if they were over this limit, but usually only did it if it was 4-5 mph over. She then gave me the option of only guilty or not guilty, and I plead guilty.

    After my appearance I looked online and found that the actual limit was 25 mph over the speed limit, in which case my ticket was within the 4-5 mph over. Is there some way I can nullify my guilty plea because of the misinformation and appear again to request traffic school or at least file some sort of complaint for the misinformation?

    Thanks a lot!

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    Mr. Gibes, you must remember generally that traffic infractions are NO FAULT. Does not matter what the Judge thinks or you think. Oops it does matter what you think. YOU DID NOT THINK "NO FAULT".

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