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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

there doesnt need to be an injured party for an offence to have been committed or for it to be prosecuted. in any case in this instance the offence is against The People, who through their representatives have ordained the laws.

in any case further, corpus delicti requires that something contrary to law has occurred and that this was brought about by criminal agency - even in strict liability where the second part may be thought absent it is present; mens rea can be intention or recklessness - in the case of speeding this is clear - and this presence is important in that it may provide a defence where the strict liability offence was committed by way of involuntary conduct - think the recent instances of the Toyota cars (though driving an unroadworthy vehicle may prevail).

the last famous case of a failure to understand corpus delicti was the "acid bath murderer" who erroneously believed that if he destroyed the bodies of his victims then he ought to escape conviction.

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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

again you assert that statute law (and presumably bylaws, orders and regulations et al established under it) is invalid?

presumably this on the grounds of your supposed personal sovereignty?

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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

Youre going round in circles if youre going anywhere at all. You have not yet asserted any viable claim whatever, still less proved it.

You are legally obliged to pay a traffic ticket, whatever you might think.

Your grasp of law and process is dangerous to your welfare but, as they say, its a free country - you go for it.

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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

The last cop who gave you a ticket probably had to retire on medical grounds following a breakdown if you dealt with him in the way you post here.

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