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Post by avordvet on Mar 21, 2012 9:45:11 GMT -5
Oath Breakers... "This is not the first court that has ruled it unconstitutional," said Hillsborough County Sheriff's spokesman Larry McKinnon. "We're going to keep operating as we have been." Pasco judge challenges constitutionality of red light camerasBy Lisa Buie, Times Staff Writer, Wednesday, March 21, 2012 PORT RICHEY — Thomas Filippone said he doesn't think people should run red lights. But when he received a citation in the mail from the city of Port Richey saying he was caught on camera running one, the former New Jersey insurance attorney decided not to pay the $158 ticket without a fight. He filed his own 11-page motion to dismiss the ticket, arguing Florida law unconstitutionally places the burden of proof on defendants. "If they are going to prove I was driving the car, it's their duty under the law to prove the identity of the driver," said Filippone, 45, who maintains his 2002 Nissan Altima crossed the intersection a split second before the light turned red on April 15. "It unjustly shifts burden to me and makes me shoulder the burden of having to prove their case." www.tampabay.com/news/courts/pasco-judge-challenges-constitutionality-of-red-light-cameras/1221002
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