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MMoonbryte

OK Im not sure if this is the place to post this question, but here goes.

A friend of mine just got busted. At his house. Police were c/d (by nieghbors) for disturbance of peace, came in the house to card the other drunken people
(who were all of age)..saw the paraphenila sitting out, along with an extremely small amount of marijuana, and confiscated everything, charging my friend with possesion. They issued him a ticket with an arrainment date.
Here's the question: If you have a prior felony conviction for distribution of marijuana, served your 'time' (not sure if it was all or suspended for good behavior, etc), served your probation/parole and are halfway thru your years of "good behavior", will a misdemeanor posession totally f--k you?
Does this mean jail time? Or is there a way to walk? Since getting out of jail (this was in 1997)there have been no problems, no arrests, nothing. Other than finding a really good lawyer, is there any advice? Also, is there a staue of limitations on drug charges? If they bail out and don't come back, is there a time limit? Does it stay in-state, or carry over? I've been searching websites for days with no answers. I was hoping maybe I could find some here. This happened in VA. I am totally lost on the subject, never having had to deal with the legal aspect
of getting busted-it was always a remote possibilty, never something I thought would happen. Any answers, advice, whatever-would be most welcome.

 

goodgirl

Moved to the Protecting Your Rights forum

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