Wirgau v. State

MILLER, Judge.

The defendant-appellant Ronald Wirgau appeals the imposition of a fine following his in court admission (guilty plea) of operating an overweight motor vehicle on the Indiana Toll Road. Pursuant to Ind.Code 34 — 4-32-4, Wirgau was fined ($3,500) for the infraction which he paid the next day in order to release his impounded truck. Wir-gau appeals claiming he should have been afforded criminal safeguards during his trial on the infraction. However, since September 1,1981 the entire judicial procedure pertaining to infractions is conducted pursuant to the rules of civil procedure.…