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WELCOME to the Georgia $peedingTICKETKILLER (Top Secret Audio Recording from inside the Hiram Municipal Court)
Actual audio recording of a traffic ticket trial held in the Hiram Municipal Court on Monday August 21st, 2006. This audio is approximately 28 minutes long and is very representative of what one will encounter in most Georgia traffic courts whether or not your alleged violation is the same as the one being tried. This gives you a good idea what to expect in a typical Georgia traffic court trial. This audio recording is COPYRIGHTED intellectual property exclusive to the Georgia $peedingTICKETKILLER.com website. NOTE: In the 100’s of Georgia courts I have personally visited, and of the 1000’s of trials I have listened to and observed, the Judge of the Hiram Municipal Court, the Honorable Judge Martin Valbuena is without a doubt the fairest judge I have ever witnessed. Do not make the mistake of confusing that with soft, for he is not. If a person is guilty, and the state proves their case, they will be found so. But on the occasions I have watched trials in Judge Valbuena’s court, he has always seemed very fair. *WARNING* DON’T EXPECT THIS IN MOST OTHER GEORGIA TRAFFIC COURTS. Judge Valbuena is a rare exception and as such, this is the only page on our website we do not spell court with a K. Click Here to start the recording with streaming audio. Click Here to download the audio. Synopsis The “State of Georgia versus Kevin Thompson” where the defendant was accused of allegedly violating the official instructions of a STOP sign. As you will see, at no time does Trial by Ambush ever require you to testify on your behalf, or even discuss your driving behavior. At no time did the defendant ever discuss his driving or whether or not he even ran the stop sign. Instead, the defendant in this case applied proper legal strategies against the states evidence and was found NOT GUILTY. The below picture is a scanned image of the exact same non-digital photo that was presented as evidence in the trial referenced to on this page. As you can clearly see, this photo made prior to August 21st shows 2 REGULATORY signs mounted to the same post. Regulatory signs are signs that give MANDATORY instructions and therefore must be placed 1 per post per the MUTCD and Georgia DOT regulations referenced in this audio case.
The below picture I made with my digital camera on Friday August 25th. In this photo I tried to replicate the photo above made prior to Monday August 21st. In this photo you can clearly see it didn’t take the City of Hiram long (less than 4 days) to bring this official traffic control device into compliance following the Kevin Thompson trial.
Georgia $peedingTICKETKILLER.com Commentary
When listening to the audio recording, pay special attention to the recording at the following times. 23:30 when the officer states “I would agree with him on that part” 25:53 when the officer states “I do say that the 25 MPH speed limit sign should not have been on there. At the time I wrote this citation I will be honest I was not familiar with that sign being on that stop sign. You can’t see that part from where I was sitting. You will also hear the officer testify that a STOP sign must be 8 feet high. This is wrong. A stop sign must be 5 feet high if there is no pedestrian traffic in the area, and 7 feet high if pedestrian traffic exists. These are FEDERAL laws that the state of Georgia is bound to follow. Clearly this officer did not have a clue as to how high a STOP sign must be in order to be legally enforced. Most officers do not. Of a special note, during the trial while Mr. Thompson is cross examining Officer Oates, the City of Hiram Police Chief sitting up on the bench next to the judge interrupts during the trial and asks the judge if he may speak to Office Oates for a minute. That is clearly wrong, and grounds for a mistrial had the judge allowed it. Fortunately the judge did not. Completely unbelievable this Police Chief asked this of this judge. This unbelievable outburst can be heard at the following time on the recording. 10:50
LEGAL DISCLAIMER The author of the Georgia $peedingTICKETKILLER is willing to testify under oath under the penalty of perjury that the above photos were made by said author, and defendant Kevin Thompson, and have not been photo shopped or altered in anyway, and are an accurate depiction of the details as described in this report
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