30 Something

I can't remember if I blogged about this, but when I went to court on Tuesday, I was really nervous. I got there a little early and the proceedings started earlier than 9. I was really happy about that because I was worried that I would be in court all day. I was the 10th person in line. I stepped up to the judge and my heart was pounding. He asked me if I was prepared to pay for the offense. I told him that it wasn't me and that I wasn't in St. Clair county on Feb 2. He was trying to dismiss me, but telling me that it was too late to plead not guilty, but I explained to him that I just got the notice in the mail and that had I known about it I would have been in court earlier, but because I had no idea about the offense how could I be held liable to be in court. He took my letter and read it and told me that my case would be dismissed. I was really happy about that. Now I need to know how I could protect myself from this happening again. I'm on the phone with the secretary of state's office now to try to protect myself.

Update: I called the Secretary of State's office. I can write a request to have myself protected against just anyone who uses my info during a traffic stop. I'm so happy. However, I have to get a copy of the case being dismissed. So I have to call St. Clair county to get a copy of the dismissal. I hope this doesn't take long.

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