I accepted the charge but I was wrongly convicted. Is there anything I can do?

[xpd]

I was riding a mini moto and in the place they caught us, sent a helicopter n 2 police vans. Me and 5 friends got arrested for the night and we all accepted the charge. But they arrested us for not having driving documents seeing as we were in a public place. But my friends dad is in quite high places and told us at dusk the place is classed as private, but we didnt know that when we accepted the charge. Cant I do anything about this? I live in england

[BlAzInIt4:20]

ask ur lawyer and plus.. you and your friend got caught riding what?? isnt that jsut a fine or is it time? over here alot of the cops jsut take ur ass home and tell you to knock ur shit off well.. thats cuz its jsut the mountain lol..and we know all the cops.. lol good luck though.. maybe their is a way, but if you change it its gonna look suspicious to me. i dunno.. :stoned:

[xpd]

Basically to do what I was doing in a public place I needed insurance and driving documents, which I didnt, but if your on private land you dont, and at the time I was there it was private land, me and my m8s didnt know that but they still charged us and I didnt fancy court so I accepted the warning, and if I get into trouble again I get a criminal record which could fuck up my life, but recently I found out that it was private land when I was riding there, but I have already accepted the warning, but seeing as they charged me for something false, can I somehow reverse it? ie deny it

[onequickmove]

wha? helicopter? riding a moped? wtf is going on? i don't get it homes

[onequickmove]

oh i see, do you have any friends of friends that are lawyers you could ask? i bet someone here will have some help for ya

[xpd]

Na I have a femily member who is a barrister but atm I dont have contact with her. Hopefully as you said someone on here will know.

[birdgirl73]

You need an actual in-person or telephone consultation with a barrister, not advice from strangers on the net.

[BlAzInIt4:20]

^^ go with what she said.. makes more sence

[Myth1184]

Sorry to inform you, but land is either private or public,the time of day doesnt change that.

Altho I would need more information about where you were driving to give you further details, also include the state/country.

Being as police were patrolling the area, the area was probably public.

[Aristotle]

It costs hundreds of dollars to get a helicopter off the ground.. why the hell would they ever send in one to bust an underaged kid riding a moped? Seriously.. did they mistake you for cocaine traffickers or some shit and, to avoid precint embarassment, they slapped you with a stupid technical charge?

[xpd]

Im not lieing about any of it, they had reports of several teenagers on a vehicle, the place we were in has a huge sign saying *Not open to the public after dusk*

We were in before dusk but we started riding the mini moto after dusk, they sent a helicopter which had been in the air for half an hour a van and 2 cars after us. I got my mini moto back eventually. My mate that got arrested has quite a wealthy background and his dad was peeved off so got some people to look into it. So the charges got dropped for him. But he doesnt know how to solve it for me. They ran up to us and tried 2 hit us also but we got on the ground quick heh. I live in England. They wernt patrolling they had reports from people around as mini motos can be loud.

[ThePeacockNamethTom]

I would say that it was a violation of the Fifth Amendment and tell you to contact the ACLU, but alas, you do not live in America. English law is a complete mystery to me.

If there is any law in England similar to the Fifth Amendment ("You have the right not to incriminate yourself."), then I would go with that defence, say they came - unannounced and without warrant - onto private property, and verbally coerced you into admitting guilt. Not a perfect defence, entirely, but the part about private property should - I think - be the main focus of your defence.

[friendoftheend]

I dont mean to sound like an ass, but if the place wasn't open to public after dusk..and you were there after dusk wouldnt that be trespassing?

[xpd]

That would be a different charge though which they didnt charge me for, they charged me for something which they shouldnt of. And I would happily take that to court because the gates wernt closed when we came in and went out.