innocence (n.): the state of being not chargeable for or guilty of a particular crime or offense

I was issued a parking ticket today for being parked on my block during street cleaning hours. This is illegal, and I admit to having done it.

However, the ticket I was issued alleged that I was parked in front of 203 11th St. I was in fact parked in front of 203 18th St. The probata does not match the allegata and thus, as a matter of law, I am not guilty of the offense I have been charged with.

Only problem is, a) I can’t prove I wasn’t parked on 11th St, because there is no photo I could have taken that would have demonstrated that I was parked on 18th St at the time in question, and b) it was just as illegal to be parked on that particular block of 11th St at the time in question. Therefore, since it’s my word against the officer’s, and I’m relying exclusively on the procedural technicality, I’m almost definitely going to lose.

This irritates me.