so i got "pulled over"

[2003eclipse]

Yeah there is always two sides to the story and the judge isn't going to go for yours its a 34 dollar parking ticket, think about gas and paying for parking at the court house and then sitting there for probably 2 hours to tell the judge a 15 minute story when he'll only give you two minutes to tell it.
If he would have tagged you for something like dissorderly or obstructing an officer (cause you didn't let him search) or something foolish that you didn't do than i'd say fight it.