Inspection after the fact is no help. The car was not inspected at the time either ticket was written. Be glad the officer played nice, failure to inspect can get your vehicle towed if they can reasonably deem it "unsafe". The continuing logic being, if he didn't inspect or put a muffler on it there is a reasonable deduction that there are other dangerous/illegal parts/omissions on the vehicle.
Eat it, pay the fines. I don't believe either carry any points so it will be the least painful solution.
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