Judges and Judiciary
Sep. 1, 2016
Judicial commission considers removing traffic citations from criminal court
Judges are contemplating changing traffic citations to a non-criminal forum, but attorneys are not sure about the implications.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Aside from the odd few who've never received a traffic citation, nearly all California drivers have become criminals at some point. But the Commission on the Future of California's Court System is contemplating a way to change that.
At a public comment session Monday, the commission's Criminal/Traffic Working Group presented a proposal to decriminalize traffic infrac...
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