I would just add to this that the only time I had to go to court over a class C misdemeanor, lawyers were not involved and it cost me nothing. You can hire a lawyer if you want to for a city court hearing, but it is not required. As soccerdad points out, it is not illegal behavior, so you really don't have anything to worry about. Your biggest expense will probably be missing a couple hours of work. This is of course on the extremely off chance that it makes it that far in the first place.Soccerdad1995 wrote:Your "defense to prosecution" would be that the behavior is not in fact illegal. It's the exact same defense to prosecution that you would have if you were charged with anything else that is not illegal, like wearing shorts on a golf course, or wearing socks with sandals, or having a hole in your T-shirt, or drinking wine instead of beer while watching a football game at your home. An ignorant LEO might think that any of these things are illegal, and "you would probably spend more time and money fighting it than it is worth." So I guess you are better off just never getting out of bed.twomillenium wrote:If it is an old sign and they called LEO and the LEO wrote you the Class C misdemeanor for it. You would probably have a defense to prosecution, but you would probably spend more time and money fighting it than it is worth.
Or you can put the tinfoil hat away and get on with your life like a real person. Yes, there is a risk that some LEO might arrest you for something that isn't even a crime. They aren't perfect. There is also a risk that you will get hit by lightning (all the more reason not to wear tinfoil hats, I suppose).
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