ThatchedNugz

Ok, if you read my other thread you already know that I was busted a few weeks ago for canabis paraphernalia. Today I was contacted by a local police officer, whom I know, and he told me that I can have this charge wiped clean if I "work with the police". I know he wants me to play the name game, which I would NEVER consider but he gave me a week or so to think about it. Anyway I was talking to my friend, let's call him Mr. X, about the whole deal. He said that he knows a guy that deals hard stuff to minors. Now I don't know this guy, but Mr. X has been to his house and witnessed this going on, and he also got Mr. X's younger sister hooked on coke. I just wanna know what others would do if they were put in my shoes.

hauptmann

You havent seen anything this guy has done right? This is all just hearsay? Professor X should get his sister some help. You said yourself you would never consider it, so why are we here again?

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Phyxius

You can't really say anything to the cops about this guy without revealing Mr X to the cops and even so, I doubt the cops could accept "this guy I know says he saw" as anything worth pursuing, let alone enough to get you off this paraphernalia charge. Stick with your initial reaction of not playing along with it. There are other ways to get the charge wiped, like probation or community service.

ThatchedNugz

Yeah, you're both right, like I said I've never been in this position before, I just needed a second opinion. I guess I'll try to find a good lawyer to represent me in court.

Phyxius

Do you really think you need a lawyer just for a simple paraphernalia citation? I recently got cited for possession and paraphernalia and when I talked to a lawyer (didnt hire him, just talked to for advice), he said I could even just plead guilty by mail and I'd get mailed my ~$100 fine and be done with it. Or if I go to court I could try to get my record expunged with probation and/or community service. But it's not serious enough to need to hire a lawyer. Then again, I just checked norml's site on state by state laws (I see you're in IL): http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?wtm_view=&Group_ID=4535 and damn, the punishment's pretty steep compared to NM, where I am: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?wtm_view=&Group_ID=4553 But still, I'd suggest just getting advice from a lawyer before deciding to hire one.

(My story in case you care)

ThatchedNugz

I would feel a whole lot better if I could keep this off my record. I'll talk to a lawyer first and decide then if I need one. My cousin who got the DUI was charged with possesion of paraphernalia AND canabis a few years ago hired a lawyer who got the charges dropped and changed to a littering fine. (Don't ask me how)