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<blockquote data-quote="Smells Like Sulfur" data-source="post: 5814150" data-attributes="member: 23644"><p>Remember too that a lot of crimes have the qualifier of "knowingly and intentionally". I've learned that if you can prove that you did research; called the sheriff's department, looked up case law online, etc, that it is a somewhat valid legal defense, because you did not knowingly commit a crime, especially if you have a record of calling the sheriff's department and them telling you that it was okay. </p><p></p><p>That doesn't usually work for serious criminal charges, but for petty stuff like traffic laws it can actually be very effective, I've seen people walk away from charges because they were able to show that on the county's website the information was incorrect, or were told something incorrect by an officer. </p><p></p><p>I was in court once for a minor traffic infraction, one of the people who saw the judge before me was arrested / ticketed for panhandling. He was able to pull up the county website and show where panhandling was not a crime. Unfortunately for the court, the legal code had had been updated since, but the county's website never bothered to update the new codes and he was able to beat the infraction based off of the fact he checked the laws on the county's website. He walked out with no charges or fines. </p><p></p><p>However, saying that someone on a forum told you it was legal is not a valid defense whatsoever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Smells Like Sulfur, post: 5814150, member: 23644"] Remember too that a lot of crimes have the qualifier of "knowingly and intentionally". I've learned that if you can prove that you did research; called the sheriff's department, looked up case law online, etc, that it is a somewhat valid legal defense, because you did not knowingly commit a crime, especially if you have a record of calling the sheriff's department and them telling you that it was okay. That doesn't usually work for serious criminal charges, but for petty stuff like traffic laws it can actually be very effective, I've seen people walk away from charges because they were able to show that on the county's website the information was incorrect, or were told something incorrect by an officer. I was in court once for a minor traffic infraction, one of the people who saw the judge before me was arrested / ticketed for panhandling. He was able to pull up the county website and show where panhandling was not a crime. Unfortunately for the court, the legal code had had been updated since, but the county's website never bothered to update the new codes and he was able to beat the infraction based off of the fact he checked the laws on the county's website. He walked out with no charges or fines. However, saying that someone on a forum told you it was legal is not a valid defense whatsoever. [/QUOTE]
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