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so, I got caught w/ 3 plants 2day. Maintenance at my apt found them and called the cops. Anyway I told them a friend gave me the seeds and told me they were tomatoes. They took the plants to get them tested. They were only 2 weeks old and the cops actually believed they were tomato plants but does any1 know how they test the plants and if there is any chance I will get away with it?

Run forest run........

if the cops are looking to bust someone ur fucked. But hey maybe they'll discover some meth lab and forget all about you.

You wont "get away" with it. Even if it was a hemp or ditchweed plants, bladed leaves = mj charge regardless of quality. I'd be skipping town right about now, or hiring an attorney while I still can before being put behind bars and having to phone random ones. Since you said your friend gave you seeds and you thought they were tomato plants, you've just admitted they're yours and that you were growing them. Hope you didnt give your friends name up. Jury is never going to believe you were growing tomatos in some ghetto closet setup that was hidden either.

Clean your apartment, car up from all illegal items that they have not found yet and especially scales, baggy's, any other contraband and your computer if you have something they shouldnt see on it. Like a gallery on rollitup or something. They will tear your place apart when they come back after those plants test positive. With some luck your attorney can hopefully get it tossed out for illegal entry / search, or plea guilty to personal use. Good luck.

If they have your name and information dont be dumb and skip town because they will find you

Just say your friend gave you the seeds and he wanted you to sprout them because he was on vacation. get a good lawyer

Call a lawyer right now bro . . . Check your state laws. Cops are dumb but not that dumb they know its pot, though I'm not sure how sensitive their THC tests are for plant material.

NewGrowth said:

Call a lawyer right now bro . . . Check your state laws. Cops are dumb but not that dumb they know its pot, though I'm not sure how sensitive their THC tests are for plant material.

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yah that's y I was wonderin how they test the plant cuz if it's by thc, I don't know if my plant has any thc yet

Maybe it will shrivel up and die ... I'd still get on the phone with a lawyer

korvette1977 said:

Maybe it will shrivel up and die ... I'd still get on the phone with a lawyer

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well yah I'm thinkin the plant dying thing is a possibility. A pair of cops actually waited 4 me to get home from work today but I asked him when I would no anything about it and he said several weeks at the very soonest. I also looked up state laws and with the amount that I had, it would just b considered misdemeanor possession

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well yah I'm thinkin the plant dying thing is a possibility. A pair of cops actually waited 4 me to get home from work today but I asked him when I would no anything about it and he said several weeks at the very soonest. I also looked up state laws and with the amount that I had, it would just b considered misdemeanor possession

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Are you sure? Cultivation in most states is a felony. Some states lump cultivation and possession together and the cops will weigh the whole plant pot and all and say you have 10lbs of pot. Or they will say each plant counts as one pound ect. My favorite is when you hear about these busts and they find like 40 seedlings and say the street value is over one million. This is why you need a lawyer he will know what kind of crap the DA is allowed to pull in your states court house.

NewGrowth said:

Are you sure? Cultivation in most states is a felony. Some states lump cultivation and possession together and the cops will weigh the whole plant pot and all and say you have 10lbs of pot. Or they will say each plant counts as one pound ect. My favorite is when you hear about these busts and they find like 40 seedlings and say the street value is over one million. This is why you need a lawyer he will know what kind of crap the DA is allowed to pull in your states court house.

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if they fuck me over like that, then I guess it would b a felony

Did you let them in? Did they have a warrant? Don't talk to them anymore. It won't help you at all.

Dan Nabis said:

Did you let them in? Did they have a warrant? Don't talk to them anymore. It won't help you at all.

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I agree, but they don't need a warrant the maintenance guy found the plants and reported them.

I'd go and fuck the maintenance mans wife ,, to get even.. Get her drunk ..

Or just put some pot plants in his house and call the cops on him . . . .

Does any one know a site where you can find any info on cultivation laws for different states?

get an attorney buddy, and hopefully you have a clean record. If its clean then you will probably get a sentence that will be far less. Man i know its hind sight but thats why i personally preached on here to threads related to starting grows in apartments was just an aweful idea. TOO many variables out of your hand. I guess that means nothing now, but dont skip town that will make it worst. Dont talk to the cops w/out your lawyer and demand that you want to speak to an attorney and not to them. Cops are cunning man, they will back you into a corner and sometimes we wont see it coming from a legality point of view. LAWYER. good luck

if you dont have much to lose come to Canada... at the border just tell them you are going over for a visit, 3 days, going shopping and visiting a brother... you can legally live here and keep your american status,,, just dont bring you shit stain president with you... but dude you need to act fast, this could be a year of your life lost for nothing and if you have priors could be more... id be ditching if i had that much time

if tyhe cops took the plants and did not cuff you then most likely you wont hear back did they photograph everything?
or just take the plants?

Look to all of you that don't know what your facing before you start something this it the time to check yourself. I just recently got done with almost 8 years in the federal system and I'm here to tell you that if you are doing something that you know is against the law then you better know what your facing when $hit goes down. You need to immerse yourself in the laws concerning what you are doing in the state you live in and also federal law. Don't be one of the countless people who learn about the law after they already got you in their clammy hands. How many of you know the state or federal mandatory minimums for how many plants you grow? Or what it takes to charge you with conspiracy and how much time that carries? My advice would be to talk to a couple of attorneys before you start anything and tell them your doing research for a college report.