I Got Busted Last night

Manufacturing. I have a clean record. My state is pretty harsh on this kinda shit i think, but mostly it's judge-to-judge in this county. i'm hoping for a drop of the felony and 1 year probation plus community service. it wasn't a big grow op and all evidence found had been damaged.

They didn't read me my rights.
They certainly illegally searched this house.

Any ideas?

Damn man, sucks... good luck

Definently get a lawyer, and make sure you remember every detail.
Be ready to spend like a G on a lawyer and court costs alone.

The War on Drugs is working!

You need to buy Nylon products and conform to tradtional bullshit mindset America , and get on Prescription strength Drugs instead!

sorry dude...
Be more carefull

yeah u gota get a good lawyer. they can be expensive as i work for one. don't let the man win!

Lynchburgfall said:

Manufacturing. I have a clean record. My state is pretty harsh on this kinda shit i think, but mostly it's judge-to-judge in this county. i'm hoping for a drop of the felony and 1 year probation plus community service. it wasn't a big grow op and all evidence found had been damaged.

They didn't read me my rights.
They certainly illegally searched this house.

Any ideas?

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That sucks man. Get a lawyer no matter what. The good news is if they didn't read your rights. nothing you have said can be used against you.
The bad news is they may not need anything you said for a conviction. And the good news is without a warent, anything they found is not admisable unless it could be seen from the street, or you invited them on your property and they saw it thru a window, or open door. BUT Remember im not a lawyer, you need to talk to one and NOT a public pretender.

Get a good lawyer and you should have no problem. If the house was truely illegally searched and you weren't read your Miranda rights your lawyer will present that and you'll walk away a free man. Mind you, a free man with less money.

Why do we so proudly wave our ganja flag at the world, but our drinking problem, we'd rather not mention. People go to rehab for cocaine and junkies hide in the shadows, but we smokers slap bumperstickers on all our shit, and wear shirts that say "Megalize Larijuana", and think it's FUNNY that we can't remember what we were talking about thirty seconds ago.
--UncleSunny

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I think your quote is great, hbg!

Details man!!...how did it happen??...

Yeah I definitely want the details....that really sucks I hope everythign works out...youve got a pretty good case if they didnt read your rights or have a proper search warrant.

no miranda = no charge. now you need to prove that they did not read them to you.

AllMeatNoPotato said:

no miranda = no charge. now you need to prove that they did not read them to you.

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Again I am not a lawyer, But no miranda = no charge is 100% wrong. It just means that anything you said can't be used against you. But that does not mean they don't have evidence. Extreme example While being video taped, and with eye witnesses, you rob a bank. If they dont read you your rights, it wont matter because they dont need to submit what you said. GET A LAWYER and I would suggest that is the only advice you should take from this site. GET A LAWYER

Nevermind, read up on miranda rights. You only need to be read them when being questioned.

UnEmploymentDude said:

No, they drop the charges if your miranda rights arent read to you. If my high school freshmen memory serves correctly.

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I disagree but I am glad we disagree. This is exactly why he needs to go talk to a lawyer and not us. It's not like in court he can say "a guy on rollitup said"

well like stated im not a lawer..but i do know that if you didn't have scales or bags you probley wont get charged with intent to sale which is the real biggie..just prove the mj was yours an for you only an you should only get a light probation....how old are you if i may so inquire...peace...also how did you get caught...peace again

in my shitty state you don't have to have your rights read to you. they threatened to arrest my brother unless he let them in the house (he doesn't even live here and was only working on his car behind the house). they came in on me sleeping. they found only dead plants in the garbage can. i had thrown them away about 3 days before. anyway, despite their obvious brown-ness and shit, all fucked up, they still charged my ass. illegal search and seizure. my brother is not on probation or anything like that, he doesn't live here, and they made him open the door when they didn't have a warrant threatening him with charges and arrest. COPS CAN LIE TO YOU. our country is so fucked up dude. they even took my salvia that i bought at my local headshop. seriously, what the fuck?
thanks for the replies all....i'm in a really bad place right now.

i do not have a good attorney yet. i'm going "court-appointed" at the arraignment to get a publicly funded lawyer. if he sucks, i'll fire him by the time the trial comes. but, good for me, the evidence takes about 1 year and 6-10 months to process. so i'll have plenty of time to figure if i want to keep him or not.

i had a lot of "evidence" as they took about 30 smoking pieces, 20 lights, bout 10 grams of about 9 different types of weed, just a lot of shit to analyze. this case will not be in court before i graduate college, so i'm sitting pretty as far as i'm concerned.

the fact is that i have no criminal record. i'm a clean sheet all the way thru my full academic scholarship at the school in the town i grew up in. getting caught was stupid. but i think i'm going to be alright after all of this is done. i think i have a really strong case.

thanks so much for all the replies. i've missed RIU a lot if that makes sense

Why were they there knocking on your door to begin with?

Your brother can let them in the house and give probable cause if they see/smell anything. Unfortunately, that's the way it is. You need to fight this and fight this HARD. I really wouldn't accept a public attorney. You don't want this on your record whatsoever. You are clean otherwise, so put your all into it. The money you spend is an investment, it will help you get a better job after school. FIGHT THE UNJUSTICE!

HumboldtGreenz said:

Your brother can let them in the house and give probable cause if they see/smell anything. Unfortunately, that's the way it is. You need to fight this and fight this HARD. I really wouldn't accept a public attorney. You don't want this on your record whatsoever. You are clean otherwise, so put your all into it. The money you spend is an investment, it will help you get a better job after school. FIGHT THE UNJUSTICE!

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Well said and great advice

Well, a good lawyer would probably say that since your brother is not a legal resident in your place he had no right inviding them in, in which case they were trasspassing while they searched your house...Are you ganna loose the scholarship now?