tony yayo

hello . A buddy of mines had his house raided , cops /swat found a pound , my question is what is my buddy gana get charged with ?

WNB

It depends on what state you live in and what caused the cops to raid the house. Other questions I'd need an answer to are;

Were children around?
Did your buddy deal?
What is his record like?
Is he on probation/parole?

Once you've answered those it will be alot more likely that someone here can give you a real answer.

Ordinarly, in most states, a pound is enough to qualify as possession with intent, which is a felony.

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tony yayo

state is Michigan, his record is clean , no kids around , the warrant was for cocane but no coke was even involved with him or even found,

WNB

It still depends alot on what he's being charged with.

http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?wtm_view=&Group_ID=4544

There's a link to Michigan's marijuana laws. He could be charged for possession, distribution without renumeration, or possession with intent to sell less than 5 kg. If his record is clean, he can probably get a conditional discharge with any of them if he gets a lawyer.

The fact that the warrent was for coke does not matter, as long as the warrent itself is valid. Most warrents also allow police to sieze anything illegal found within the scope of the warrent. If the warrent was for a fugative and they found the weed in a shoebox, there might be a defense, but not in this case.

BartSimpson

May I suggest that the key point to WNB's post was to get a lawyer.

A public defender will not help much here and your friend needs a real bulldog lawyer that would sell his/her mother to get a client off. For that quantity, your friend rides on the border of numerous charges and as such could really be negotiated to a suitable circumstance with the District Attorney.

tony yayo

thanks guys , ill let him know he is gana need a real good lawyer ,