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panamathebum

i got home after a 15 hour day at work. i had a little to drink but wasn't drunk. as soon as i got home my dog ran out the door. so i went looking for it. someone heard me calling her and they called the cops. i wasn't even 50ft. away from my house when the cop came in front of me and nearly hit my car. he got out walked up to my door and pulled out his gun and told me to get out the car. i asked what the problem was and told him i was looking for my dog. so he opens my door gun still drawn and pulls me out of the car. he found a half a joint after he took me to jail for dwi. they didn't give me a subriaty test until after i was at the jail. i passed it so no dwi. i bonded out that night and the cops followed me and the bail bondsman to my house. then followed the bailbonds man to his house 30min. away. on top of that they only gave me 14days until i had to be in court. so i went to see a lawyer and the lawyer sayed no one could help me and he wouldn't represent me. it's the third charge i've had. the first was for a roach paper that didn't have any pot in it. the second was when they came in to my room at my grandpa's house while i was asleep. i got court in a week and i'm worried about going to jail. the good thing is i'm going to the misdeamenor court. i don't know what i should do.

 

replica

You're gonna have to give a lot more details. Age, amount of weed, etc.

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troublemaker_42

You said in the title you were facing a felony. Felonies aren't handled in "misdeamenor court". Also, don't know where you are at, but I don't know of many places that would give you a felony charge for 1/2 a joint.

OOPS....you're right, you COULD be facing a felony, as in Arkansas a second offense could get you 6 years, accoridng to www.norml.org My advice--get an attornye ASAP, and see if you can get the evidence supressed on a technicality relating to the orignal contact w/ the police.

greasygerbil

soap on a rope, bud!!!


oh and fly to the dam when you wanna get high from now on!!!

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JayBlaze

wow, umm...find another lawyer

 

stoneygreenbud

keep looking for a good attorney, the sentences from norml I believe are listed as the "maximum" and not implemented often,although sounds like the state your in isnt very liberal.

I wouldnt settle for a public defender they have no motivation to put up a good defence. So keep looking you should be able to find one.

If you havent found one by your court date, request a continuence to further seek counsel,

Good Luck

Stoney

phuzz01

In my experience, there are good public defenders and there are bad public defenders. There are good private attorneys and there are bad private attorneys.

The problem with public defenders is that they have such a large caseload, so they don't always have time to file 18 zillion motions (such as motions to suppress evidence or motions to dismiss), and they are more likely to look for a plea bargain to resolve the case.

On the other hand, the problem with many private attorneys is that they get paid a lot of money for each motion they file or each time they do something that is "in furtherance" of your case. So, even when the state has a strong case and it is in your best interests to work a decent plea, the private attorney will still spend a lot of time filing excessive and unnecessary motions in order to jack up your bill. This can be to your detriment, because the state will be less likely to give you a lighter sentence if they have to spend a lot of time responding to trivial motions and fighting other crap put up by obnoxious defense attorneys.

So, if your case is truly one that needs to be litigated in court, then you may be better off with a private attorney, but stand by for that bill at the end. But, if you really just need someone to represent your best interests and work out a reasonable deal with the prosecution, the public defenders usually have more experience with that working in district courts.

lilguyboi03

it's stupid how your neighbor (or whoever) called the cops just because you were looking for your dog. wow.

stoneygreenbud

Well said phuzz01,I just dont know anybody thats had good results (myself included ) with public defenders. It almost always ends up with a "plea" bargan and not always in your best interest but in the interest of the court and the courts calender.

And its true a private attorney will cost you more, I was only trying to say that the public defender gets paid X amount of dollars each and every week whether or not you go to jail his pay is the same,so with that said where is his motovation to get your case dismissed/thrown out of court, there isnt any motovation let alone the time to "fully" prepare your case. Sure he'll put forth effort to get your sentence redused,but just how much effort..?

Now a private attorney if he/she dosent "fully prepare" your case for court they are then concidered "incompetent". But for a public defender its just another busy day

How can one concider this fair and equal justice...I just cant see it.

Anyone that is charged with a serious crime....or looking at a big sentence should at least seek the advice of a private attorney

law420

sometimes a plea is not a bad deal.