Ya a laywer does help. For my battery case I hired a lawyer 750$ for the first meeting. Got out with 1 year supervision and a $450 fine, got the cs knocked out.
When I was fighting reckless driving with a pd I got 1 year supervision and a $1,000 fine AFTER trying to fight it for 13months. PD says just plead guilty or you might go to jail. *******
man that really sucks.......I've been pulled over once by a cop in an unmarked car.......I was doing 93 in a 55........He let me go without a warning even cuz he used to go to the same high school that I did........Good luck with your case though hope everything turns out well........