To: drunknsage
When ever confronted by a cop damand to 'see a magistrate' immediatly. Under common law they undermine there case unless they immediatly take you to a magistrate.
Oh you needed legal advice badly not bad legal advice?
Hold your nose and hire a shyster^h^h^h^h^h^h^hlawyer.
20 posted on
11/04/2002 2:11:59 PM PST by
Dinsdale
To: Dinsdale
"Take you to see a magistrate immediately"
Unless I missed the class on militia legal tricks in law school, that won't accomplish anything other than annoy the cop.
You have no legal right to see a judge unless and until you're in custody, and even then the cops have a couple of days to produce you for a bond hearing (though generally they'll let you bond out after a few hours).
Incidentally, I don't know of any states (though I'm sure there's a few) who still use common law (that is, the judge created law that existed when the US gained its independence) for criminal offenses.
If its not a act prohbited by the state legislature, then you can do it. Likewise, criminal procedure is established by either state constitution or state statute, not "common law".
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