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  2. Traffic court - Wikipedia

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    Traffic court is a specialized judicial process for handling traffic ticket cases. In the United States , people who are given a citation by a police officer can plead guilty and pay the indicated fine directly to the court house, by mail , or on the Internet .

  3. Continuance - Wikipedia

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    In American procedural law, a continuance is the postponement of a hearing, trial, or other scheduled court proceeding at the request of either or both parties in the dispute, or by the judge sua sponte. In response to delays in bringing cases to trial, some states have adopted "fast-track" rules that sharply limit the ability of judges to ...

  4. Letters rogatory - Wikipedia

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    Instead, the US court would issue a letter rogatory to a French court, which would then examine Jean in France, and send a deposition back to the requesting court. Insofar as requests to US courts are concerned, the use of letters rogatory for requesting the taking of evidence has been replaced in large part by applications under 28 USC 1782 ...

  5. Speedy Trial Act - Wikipedia

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    However, if the trial judge determines that the "ends of justice" served by a continuance outweigh the interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial, the delay occasioned by such continuance is excluded from the Act's time limits. [13] The judge must set forth, orally or in writing, his or her reasons for granting the continuance. [14]

  6. Whren v. United States - Wikipedia

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    A traffic violation occurred, which made the following search and seizure lawful. The officers did not ignore the danger of a pretextual stop but acted on a crime. [1] The court also rejected the petitioners claim that the government's interest in traffic safety led to anxiety, confusion, and haste for Whren and Brown.

  7. Non-Resident Violator Compact - Wikipedia

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    The Non-Resident Violator Compact (NRVC) is a United States interstate compact used by 44 states and Washington, D.C. to process traffic citations across state borders.. When a motorist is cited in another member state and chooses not to respond to a moving violation (such as not paying a ticket), the other state notifies the driver's home state and the home state will suspend the driver's ...

  8. Case citation - Wikipedia

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    v. Playboy Enters., No. 77 Civ. 1782 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 30, 1977) – a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; the docket number and specific date allow a researcher to track down the printed copy maintained by the court if needed (legal citation forms strongly prefer citations to traditional printed resources).

  9. Rodriguez v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. 348 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case which analyzed whether police officers may extend the length of a traffic stop to conduct a search with a trained detection dog. [1]