well i reside in New York. and a few months ago i got caught with about 9 grams of marijuana and a pact pipe. this was the first time i've really had a run in with the law. first i was scheduled to court, around a month from the date of arrest, but then i got a letter saying that i just had to report to a probation officer and she would determine my fate... so long story short, i just got 60 days of probation out of the whole ordeal... not too bad of a punishment for a first time offence of something like that