Is there a chance to win an appeal for my third ticket?

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Is there a chance to win an appeal for my third ticket?

I was stopped by a police officer and got 3 tickets – 1 for my sister who was driving with no driver license, 1 to me for letting her drive knowing she didn’t possess a license and 1, which I

think was really absurd, for supposedly cheating and crossing a parking lot. I was in line with 4 cars in front of me waiting to cross a road, however since I was in a little hurry we decided to take a road through a bank which was to our right side and which basically take us to the same road that we originally where going to take through the stop line. just for the record, I didn’t cross the parking lot lines as he stated, I did it normally and legally through the marked line and in my right side.

Asked on October 11, 2016 under General Practice, Texas

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 7 years ago | Contributor

To file an appeal costs between $150.00 and $200.00--which you don't get back. And the chance of winning is *very* low. You are not appealing the court's interpretation of the law; you are appealing on the grounds that the court made a mistake in how it adjudicated these particular facts. Appeals courts are very reluctant to overturn the trial court's factual determination, since the court hearing the appeal did not have the chance to listen to or see the witnesses and judge their credility. So you could spend money and time for, in my experience, a significantly less than 10% chance of winning. It is not a good investment to appeal.


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