>> Judge Judy: Miss Morton,
this young man is your son.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And he was living
with you at the time of this
automobile accident.
>> Yes, he was.
>> Judge Judy: When had he begun
to live with you?
>> April the previous year.
>> Judge Judy: And on what date
was the accident, Mr. Whitmore?
>> January 7th.
>> Judge Judy: Where were you
going?
>> Not 5 minutes away to
the store.
>> Judge Judy: What time of day?
>> I believe it was somewhere
in the early morning hours,
somewhere around 11 o'clock.
>> Judge Judy: What kind of car
did your son have an accident
with?
>> 2014 Nissan Versa.
>> Judge Judy: When had you
purchased it?
>> I purchased it in December
of the year before.
>> Judge Judy: Did you pay cash
or did you have it on time?
>> No, ma'am. I paid cash.
>> Judge Judy: With what company
was it insured?
>> American Family.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see
proof of insurance on the date
of the accident.
>> Here you go.
>> She didn't have insurance
on the car.
I got a ticket for no insurance.
>> Judge Judy: This doesn't
tell --
I never saw a certificate of
insurance that says that it's
effective January 11, 2016
to termination.
>> Oh, and here's the other one,
till January 11, 2017.
>> Judge Judy: I need
a statement from the insurance
company that your car was
insured on January 7th of 2017.
>> I don't have it.
>> Judge Judy: We're going to
wait until we get it.
Do you understand?
If I'm going to wait for
nothing, let me know now.
If the car wasn't insured on
that date, let me know now.
>> No, ma'am.
The car was insured on that
date.
>> Judge Judy: Then we'll come
back when we have a statement
that the car was insured by
the company.
You got a ticket for lack
of insurance?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see
it.
"Failure to maintain a lane,"
which is...
>> Pretty much causing an
accident.
>> Judge Judy: You caused an
accident.
>> That's what they're saying,
yes.
>> Judge Judy: And you had no
driver's license, so you
shouldn't have been driving
a car.
>> That's what they say,
allegedly.
>> Judge Judy: What do you mean,
"That's what they say"?
>> That's what they say.
I had a license, but I just
didn't have no physical copy
of the license on me.
>> Your Honor, he went to jail
under an alias.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
I don't know that.
If you have proof of that,
that's fine.
I'll look at it.
It says, "No license on person."
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Did you produce
a license?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So you didn't have a license?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Then you shouldn't have been
driving a car.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: This said,
"Expired registration."
>> I have my registration
right here from the state
of Missouri.
>> Judge Judy: Well, he was
given a ticket for "expired
registration and removing tags
with intent."
Now, if you remove tags, that
means you shift license plates
from one car to another.
>> I have my tag number
on my registration that matches
the vehicle.
>> Judge Judy: Listen.
I don't know why he got tickets
for this.
Do you understand what I'm
saying to you?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You understand
what I'm saying to you?
He could not produce a valid
registration for your car.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: He could not
produce proof of insurance
when they checked, 'cause he
asked for license and
registration, and the tags
didn't match.
Whatever vehicle, when they
checked the tags, it didn't
match the vehicle that he was
driving.
>> But my registration with
the tag number matches with
the VIN number and the vehicle.
>> Judge Judy: Madam...
>> Because we were in the state
of Georgia.
The state of Georgia, when they
ran my license, it didn't come
up in Georgia's system.
Missouri tags.
The car that's registered in
Missouri would not come up
in a Georgia system.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Why was the car registered in
Missouri?
>> Because that's where I lived
at the time.
I was moving from Missouri
to Georgia.
>> Judge Judy: [ Whispering ]
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
>> I just moved to Georgia.
>> Judge Judy: He was living
with you starting in April.
Where were you living with her
in April -- in Missouri or
Georgia?
>> Georgia.
>> Judge Judy: In Georgia.
This accident happened in
January.
>> Correct.
I just moved to Georgia in
December.
>> Judge Judy: He's been living
with you since April.
>> December of 2016.
>> Judge Judy: No, no, no, no.
>> '15.
>> Judge Judy: Listen.
We're not gonna play with each
other.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Good.
Your son was living with you
in April in Georgia.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: This accident
happened in January of
the following year.
>> This year.
>> Judge Judy: April, May, June,
July, August, September,
October, November, December,
January -- 10 months later.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Why isn't your
car registered and insured
in the state of Georgia?
>> I didn't get it registered
in the state of Georgia, and I
wasn't gonna get it registered
in Georgia until my tags
expired.