MARYLAND TRAFFIC TICKET APPEALS

   If you’re found guilty of traffic tickets in Maryland, then you have four general options on what to do:

1. Accept the verdict.
2. File a motion for a new trial within 10 days of the verdict.
3. File an appeal within 30 days of the verdict.
4. File a motion to modify/revise/reconsider the judgment within 90 days of the verdict.

   In my eleven years of practicing law, I have never seen a motion for new trial granted, primarily because you’re asking the judge who just ruled against you to hear your whole case a second time. Filing a motion to modify/revise/reconsider the verdict is sometimes a good idea, but filing this does not hold (“toll”), the thirty day period to file an appeal if this motion isn’t granted or if it doesn’t work out as you had hoped. So in many Maryland traffic matters, filing an appeal may be a great decision.

   There are many reasons why filing an appeal in your Maryland traffic matter could make sense. The court filing fee is only $80, though you should hire an attorney and will have to pay for our services (and which are usually higher than our fee for a district court case). The appeal will move your case from the district court to the county’s circuit court, where you will get a brand new trial, where very little from the district court case will matter, and where you will appear before a different judge than the judge that you had in district court. Further, a prosecutor will appear on behalf of the state in the appeal, where in many instances in Maryland there is no prosecutor for your district court traffic case (especially in non-jailable traffic matters); having a prosecutor for your traffic appeal, and especially for non-jailable traffic cases, is often very helpful, as they don’t like doing non-jailable traffic cases and as they will often bend over backwards to resolve your case favorably. Also, filing an appeal of your Maryland traffic case will give you time to accomplish things that you may not have done for your district court traffic case, such as getting a valid license, valid insurance, valid registration, or taking driving improvement courses. Additionally, in many instances on your traffic appeal, Marylands Ticket Fighter, LLC, can get the points off your record from the district court matter.

   Maryland’s Ticket Fighter, LLC, is a company solely owned by Attorney Ben Ostroff. I am available 24 hours per day on my cell phone, at (443) 629-7278; if you call this phone number, I am the person who you will speak to, and I will provide you with a free and immediate consultation, where we will discuss your matter in-depth, and where I will try and answer all questions about your Maryland jailable traffic tickets and Maryland non-jailable traffic tickets to your satisfaction. I appear in traffic Court five days per week, I appear in all 24 State of Maryland jurisdictions, and I typically drive hundreds of miles per day helping people protect their driving privileges, insurance rates, and their livelihoods. You should always hire Marylands Ticket Fighter, LLC, for your ticket regarding aggressive driving.

***PLEASE NOTE THAT EVERYTHING EXPRESSED HEREIN IS THE SOLE OPINION OF MARYLANDS TICKET FIGHTER, LLC, IT IS BASED ON MARYLAND LAW AND STATUTES THAT CAN CHANGE AT ANY TIME, AND THAT NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP IS ESTABLISHED BY YOUR READING OF THIS ARTICLE***