Drunk in public will get you arrested and sent to jail here in a heart beat.
Moving Violations are I think a class C or D misdemeanor, and subject to between $50 and $500 fines. Some violations are Class C felonies, however that takes a lot of work. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:20 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: immigration question > > it's illegal but it is a trffic offense which is not the same thing as a > misdemeanor. You would not go to jail for running a stop sign. At worst > you would pay a fine or get a point on your license. A misdemeanor is oh, > I think drunk in public is a misdemeanor -- you possibly can go to jail, > though you probably wouldn't unless you made a habit of it. > > >If it isn't illegal then what is law enforcement doing enforcing it? > > > >Here you get a ticket, you can go to court and enter a plea, or you can > >plea no-contest and pay the fine. You can sometime opt to go to traffic > >school in which case the charges would be dropped. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201654 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
