I was wondering about a ticket that a Ohio sheriff wrote at 11 pm at night for doing donuts in a private parking lot that the store is empty moved out of building and a reckless op ticket was written on the ticket the persons last name was spelled wrong and it said that the traffic was moderate [parking lot was empty] they wrote that the weather was snow [but the stars were out no snow at all that day] and the birth date year was written as 1980 when the person was born in 1986 the person pleaded not guilty in court has to go back to court is that ticket considered a legal ticket in a court of law will the judge dismiss the charge and if he does can the sheriff deputy rewrite the ticket to be right and the person has to go back to court on the same charge.

First I doubt if any court will throw it out, tickets are money for the courts and they allow some minor problems or issues on the tickets.

Remember the ticket is only a summons to appear in court, and at court the evidence is presented, the ticket is not even part of the evidence

And yes a ticket can be re-written and re-issued, depending on how the cause is done by the judge.

Thank you Fr_Chuck that was sure the right answer but my son was hoping for a different out come. I did not even know it was not legal. Boys will be boys.

I know, I was a officer for many years, only worked the streets and traffic for a few, but in the rush and sometimes excitement esp at wrecks we would put birthdates down for car years and all sorts of things, we would get chewed out by our capt and often make edits to them before they went into the courts even ( on things allowed) But I got a speech from a judge once but never a ticket thrown out.

They reason they went with reckless driving is that you can write that ticket ( depends on your state) on private property, other things like speeding, improper turns and the such don't apply.

He ( or you) could speak before court to who ever does the prosecution, it could be the officer or a DA, and see if they would reduce it for a guilty plea. Also see if the judge would allow a suspended sentence if he does some community service or a traffic school,