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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio
That is extremely horrible. I'm very sorry to hear that. Fortunately, if that's her first drug-related offense, they will probably reduce the sentence to a misdemeanor. She's still probably looking at being charged with at least two misdemeanors, and could be looking at between 30 days - 6 months jail time, if the court where you live is anything like where I live.
For example: A friend of mine was in the car with me once, and she (stupidly) had a bunch of pain medication that was not hers on her (60 pills) and I pulled over because I got a phone call and don't like talking and driving. I pulled into a gas station right beside the high school in my town (within 25 yards of said high school) and it was 3 in the morning. The gas station was open, but the cops came over anyway.
I quickly ended my phone call to talk to them, and they claimed they smelled pot, which was completely untrue; I'd never smoked pot in that car, nor had I smoked for over a month at that point. They used this as probable cause to search the car, however, and found the pills in my friend's purse.
Her initial charges were possession with intent to sell (felony) and then an increase in intensity because we were within 100 yards of the school. She took all the blame, and I just stayed completely quiet; I knew that I wasn't involved, but was afraid that if I spoke, I'd implicate her further.
They wound up dropping the school zone charge completely, and reduced her possession to a basic possession, dropping the intent to sell, and it was a misdemeanor because it was her first offense. She spent 30 days in jail, but if she'd been charged with everything, it would have been something like 3 years.
Hopefully, if it's your friend's first charge, they'll be equally as lenient.
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It is her first charge, thankfully. A class D felony here is worth 6 months to 3 years in jail plus up to $10000 in fines. She has two of those plus a misdemeanor. If they really do drop the whole thing to a misdemeanor, here in Indiana that usually just means probation and community service. My dealer buddy has also set her up with his lawyer, who is apparently great for these kinds of things. So, there is still hope...but that doesn't make this situation any less horrible. Minus the pills they found (which I didn't know about), I just kept sitting there the whole time thinking our lives could be ****ed because of a plant. I've thought about that before, but I never felt the full impact of just how ridiculous it is until that night.
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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
I admit that I don't have a lot of sympathy for those sorts of incidents. You guys know what you're doing, you know the risks, you've assessed them, and you've made your choice.
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Surely. We did know the risks. That doesn't make the law itself any less stupid. I won't get into a huge drug debate here (I'll save it for the appropriate thread), but I will say that I am of the opinion that a person's body is their own property and they have to right to do with it what they may. When it starts to endanger others around them, that's when I have no problem with the police showing up.