If a police officer puts the wrong date on a ticket is it possible to get the charge dropped?

Question

i am on probation and have a restricted drivers license. the restriction was to last a year and august it was a yr, so i drove to a family reunion on the 3rd thinking i was safe, and i got pulled over for speeding. after running my license and it coming back restricted i was ticketed for speeding and violating my restriction, which is a violation of my probation. any how i called my prob. off. to tell him my woes and he was kinda like no biggy (im sure there are worse offenders out there than me, i just got no kind of luck!!!) but then i noticed that the officer put that the ticket was issued on july 3rd, it was actually august 3rd, i was told that that will give grounds for the ticket to be dropped. is this true? if so the ticket that got me on probation was written with the wrong date as well.... and just to point out my kind of luck the very next day aug 4th i recieved a letter in the mail stating that my restriction is released UPON following a few steps....

Answer 1

of course

everything must be correctly spelled and written right

who cares if its not right you get urself out of getting a ticket

Answer 2

So you are on restriction and you speed? Basicly, just inviting a police officer to stop you. I would question your judgment.

I've often wondered, when reading about someone carrying a ton of drugs and getting pulled over for speeding.

I did not think anyone would do such a thing. Perhaps, I was over estimating people's thinking and logic.

Answer 3

Yes because you can say that on the date on the ticket you were not driving your car.  Come up with a place where you were on that day and prove you were there.  They would have no choice to drop it then.

Answer 4

Every T has to be crossed and the i's must be dotted. You should be good----his mistake.  

Answer 5

You bet, you can challenge anything in court. Wrong date, wrong location.  I'm not saying it's right, but that's how it works.  

Answer 6

You just need a good lawyer

Answer 7

You can challenge it and win BUT, you will be arrested for the offence committed on the correct date as you walk out of court. Whilst I agree you cannot be charged with the same offence twice, they will be the same offence committed on two different dates. Better to inform the police if a mistake has been made. They may even mention in court that you volunteered the correction of date.

Answer 8

The State can move to ammend (correct) stuff like that.  I've sat in court everyday for 15 years and I have seen stuff like that everyday.  The court just corrects it and they move on. Of course, I can only go by what I see.  Every jurisdiction and court are different.