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| Your Legal Companion for Beating Your Ticket | |
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| First Things | |
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| A Tale of a Ticket | |
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| Are Tickets Impossible to Beat? | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| What Are You Charged With? | |
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| What Does the Law Say? | |
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| Finding Support Using Legal Research | |
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| Should You Fight Your Ticket? | |
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| Understanding Traffic Offenses | |
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| Negative Consequences of Getting a Ticket | |
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| The Traffic School Option | |
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| Deciding Whether to Fight Your Ticket | |
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| Putting It All Together-How to Decide Whether to Fight or Fold | |
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| Defenses That Rarely Work | |
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| Lawyers and What They Can Do For You? | |
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| What Lawyers Can Do | |
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| Types of Lawyers | |
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| Getting the Most Out of Your Lawyer | |
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| Firing Your Lawyer | |
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| Speed Violations: Understanding the Laws of Your State | |
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| Three Types of Speed Limits | |
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| "Absolute" Speed Limits | |
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| "Presumed" Speed Limits | |
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| The "Basic" Speed Law | |
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| Speed Detection: Pacing, Aircraft, VASCAR, Radar, and Laser-How They Work, How to Fight Them | |
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| Getting Caught | |
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| How Was Your Speed Measured? | |
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| Other Moving Violations | |
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| Not Stopping at Stop Signs | |
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| Not Stopping at a Stoplight | |
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| Automated Enforcement Devices ("Red Light Cameras") | |
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| Improper Turning | |
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| Right-of-Way Violations | |
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| Driving Too Slowly | |
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| Tailgating | |
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| Unsafe Lane Changes | |
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| Improper Passing | |
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| Non-DUI/DWI Alcohol-Related Offenses | |
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| Driving Under the Influence | |
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| The Standard Charges | |
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| The Arrest | |
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| The Arraignment | |
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| Interpreting the Police Report | |
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| Do You Need a Lawyer? | |
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| After the Arraignment | |
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| Pleading Guilty | |
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| Going to Trial | |
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| All About Alcohol | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| First Steps to Fight Your Ticket | |
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| So You've Decided to Fight | |
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| Taking the First Steps | |
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| Using "Discovery" to Build Your Case | |
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| Preparing for Trial-Your Case | |
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| Asking for a "Continuance" (Postponement) | |
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| Gathering Your Notes and Research | |
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| Diagrams, Maps, and Pictures | |
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| Preparing Your Testimony | |
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| Preparing Your Witnesses | |
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| Preparing for the Prosecution's Cross-Examination | |
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| Preparing for Trial-The Officer's Testimony and Cross-Examination | |
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| When and How to Object to Testimony | |
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| How to Cross-Examine the Officer | |
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| Trial Before a Judge (No Jury) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Trial Procedure | |
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| Appealing for a New Trial | |
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| Jury Trial | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Try to Settle Your Case | |
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| Selecting the Jury | |
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| Trial Procedure | |
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| Preparing Jury Instructions | |
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| The Judge Instructs the Jury | |
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| Appeals From a Jury Verdict | |
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| Index | |