Lawyers cannot give guarantees. We may be able to give opinions, but even then it is hard. In general, defending traffic tickets will vary county to county. The outcome of your case will very much depend on the county you are in, the judge you get, the officer that wrote you the ticket, the police/sheriff/CHP agency's policy, and your own previous records. For these reason it's always hard for me to give an opinion on each individual's outcome because of different factors.
Defending these red light camera tickets are no different. It's really an art. Some defenses work on certain judges but not others. So if you are reading things online and see something that worked for someone else, don't expect it to guarantee to work for your individual situation. Sometimes the officer will be reasonable and dismiss on his own motion. Sometimes the judge will dismiss the case if the officer doesn't show up. Sometimes the judge will NOT dismiss the case and set a continuance and make both sides come back again if the officer had good cause not to show up. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't. Some judges will automatically reduce the fine, some judges need you to argue why your fine should be reduced, some judges will never reduce the fine. For red lights camera tickets, sometimes the judge will order the defendant in for trial (when in general for traffic tickets the attorney can appear on behalf of the defendant so the defendant does not need to take a day off to go to court). One thing I do when I talk to people about these tickets is based on my experience with xxx agency and xxx county (although I mainly practice in Ventura County), etc, what is the likely outcome, but of course I can't make a guarantee, then I let them decide if they want to hire me to help them.
I am an attorney in Ventura, California, and I do handle traffic and DUI cases. I defend red light camera tickets (Oxnard or Ventura). See my case results here: http://lincharlotte.com/traffic-case-results/.
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