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by Katwinka on April 10th, 2007

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Can a police officer pull you over if you are moving your own vehicle in/on your own private property/ driveway with no probable cause? And give you a ticket for driving on a suspended license? And write down the wrong address on your ticket?

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  • by Anonymous on November 16th, 2007

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    If the initial traffic stop originated on the public street and you pulled into your private drive, then yes, the traffic stop, by the officer, is justified.

    Any other violations, resulting from the justified traffic stop, are also legal.

    Any minor corrections can be corrected in traffic court.

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  • by Criminalist on November 7th, 2007

    Criminalist

    No. You are not on a public throughway, ergo he has no jurisdiction.

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  • by KagomeShuko on April 10th, 2007

    KagomeShuko

    They "can," but I wouldn't think it was legal. I'd look up the property rights, ask another police officer, read the laws, etc. to find out if you've been wronged.

    The wrong address should clearly void the ticket.

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  • by Katwinka on April 10th, 2007

    Katwinka

    P.S. I think that the cop put "200 Chambers street" rather than 236 Chambers street as the location that he pulled me over to cover up the fact that he came on private property to pull me over?? PSS there is no such address on my street anyway.

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  • by Gen.ButtNaked on June 8th, 2010

    Gen.ButtNaked

    If it were a search warrant and it had the wrong address, it would be cause for concern, but that alone is not enough to get a ticket kicked!!!! If you are behind the steering wheel of a vehicle that is running and the officer can see you operating that vehicle, yes he can arrest you, because you are driving the vehicle!!!! I had a client who sitting in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart, car running, asleep at the wheel, the officer noticed a long little stream running from the car, which meant he had been sitting there for quite sometime, when he was able to awaken my client, it was clear too the officer that he had been drinking and was under the influence!!! My client blew 3 times the legal limit and failed everything under the sun that he was asked to do on the video tape, but I was able to get him off on public intoxication, because he was not driving the vehicle at the time of his arrest, it was clear the vehicle had not been moved!! Had he not had a lawyer, he more then likely would have been hustled into pleading guilty!!!! Do not drink and drive!!!

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