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NORML's info for Indiana must be outdated-- says that you are looking at up to 3 years


INDIANA (C)
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Possession:


</= 30 grams: 0 - 1 year; $5,000; conditional discharge possible
> 30 g or 2nd possession of any amount: 6 months - 3 years; $10,000


So instead of pretending to be a perfect little citizen you Dikked with them and then let them in?

(I will follow your advice and not do anyhting like that so I dont wind up in your shoes.)

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DrugLawReform

S2 You're right about the law. My lawyer assured me if I fought the charges and lost, the judge would sentance me to 18mos- do 9mos. Judge Howard Lytton,Dubois county has a set policy for all cases.

But, good news, since my first post things have changed. The prosecutor, knowing I was going to fight, and actually having a,as my lawyer says, 50-50 chance of winning has agreed to misdameanor possession charge-60 days house arrest,1-1/2 years probation. I get sentanced on the 31st of July.

I am the perfect little citizen. I work full-time, help support my girlfriends 3-yr old(her father won't pay support) and am an all around nice guy. I don't think smoking marijuana has anything to do with it. Or at least it shouldn't.

S2

60 days house arrest hmmm good time to start an indoor grow??

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DrugLawReform

I'm pretty sure the probation depatment will be able to come in my house anytime, so I won't be growing. As a matter of fact I have already stopped smoking, and am not willing to even risk that while on probation. I am also high profile because I am area director of a reform organization. I don't know if LE would like to "get me", but i'm not taking any chances. It just isn't worth it to me.

HappyMan

My suggestion is to plead guilty to the joint and continue to claim ignorance of the grow site. If you are rational and polite about it the DA and Judge might work with you. If you can save their time by accepting a fine for the joint, they might be lenient...........

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I feel for ya brother.Been there and done that.The hardest part could be ahead of you,getting along while on probation.That could be the real nightmare.

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>> I'm pretty sure the probation depatment will be able to come in my house anytime, so I won't be growing.

Damn straight. You'd be out of your mind to grow. You'd be out of your mind to have pot in the house, period.

>> As a matter of fact I have already stopped smoking, and am not willing to even risk that while on probation.

Makes you hate the little f*ckers, don't it.

>> I am also high profile because I am area director of a reform organization.

Kick ass.

>> I don't know if LE would like to "get me", but i'm not taking any chances.

Hey, you know, the more time of theirs you waste, the more you make an argument for ending Prohibition. Waste that taxpayer money! Waste that taxpayer money! Waste that taxpayer money!

Dumbasses.

-Paul

beheade

Don't bargain with those bastards.(I direct that not at the person, but at the institution.) home monitoring, probation for 1 1/2 years. they will just make your life a living hell. better to just take the time. Make them pull a jury, exclude any one who you don't like, (in my state you can kick 3 prospective jurors for NO reason.) Plead not guilty and find 1 sympathetic person to hang the jury. If they retry, do it again, and again. until the prosecutor gets the picture. In places in cali. you cant get a prosecutor to bring a case. They know that if its jury trial they will lose. Play hard ball, you might just win. beheade

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Hey, you know, the more time of theirs you waste, the more you make an argument for ending Prohibition. Waste that taxpayer money! Waste that taxpayer money! Waste that taxpayer money! -Paul

I'm a tax payer and I don't want my money wasted......

beheade

Its being done with out your consent already, 10,000 times a day. The point is to make that stand, that statement that you don't agree and aren't going to lay down and take it. Face the fact that many police agencies count on moneys made from persecution of non-violent drug users. When it begins to cost more to persecute these cases than they make off of the fines and fees, many prosecutors will be less inclined to continue. From my own personal experience if you contest the charges many times they drop rather than prosecute. (never had em drop a drug charge yet, unfortunately). Good luck what ever your decision.

beheade.