I was walking a few miles down to my mechanic to pick up a car that was being repaired.
I committed the transgression a cop saw fit to cite me on of walking over some railroad tracks. $136 ticket.
This is the law: https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/con ... s_53a-110d
One strategy is to challenge the law:
(a) A person is guilty of simple trespass of railroad property when, knowing that such person is not licensed or privileged to do so, such person enters or remains on railroad property without lawful authority or the consent of the railroad car.
Is that the "out"? I didn't know.
If I honestly had no knowledge that it was trespassing and it was not posted as no trespassing, I can't be guilty of trespassing? The law itself states that to be guilty, one must have foreknowledge that they are on property they do not have permission to be on.
If it wasn't marked, I take pics of the area where I entered RR property as evidence for Court and present them along with the law that says that to be guilty requires that I knew I was trespassing and that the officer did not give me the opportunity to remove yourself from the property after informing you that you weren't permitted to be there.
One side:
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/5Sxq8Iw.jpg)
Other side:
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/0Nt7JRq.jpg)
The other side abuts a police station, it was open when I came over the rr tracks. There was one slow moving train when I went over far away.
So I get there early, look for the prosecutor and look for terms as a good citizen?