Well as some of you know, I was busted back in march with a small ammount of very potent ganja and about 17 hydrocodones (was a bit addicted to opiates back than). I made the mistake of paying the first lawyer I met and she turned out to be horrible, way to young and naive to help me out with my case which the local drug task force was involved with.
See this thread >> http://icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=116199
Worst $1000 I ever spent, at the time I was selling small ammounts of marijuana (idiot) and somebody narced me out and set me up and made a buy where the drug task force was waiting nearby to make a traffic stop on me and search me illegaly. They thought they were taking down a big timer or hopefully I would rat somebody out for them, but they were dead wrong.
Anyways, I was charged with a Class A misdemeanor for possesion of a controlled substance (max 1 year jail and/or $1000 fine) and a citation for unlawful possesion of marijuana (max $100 fine in my state, no jail), with no prior record at ALL, and no intent to sell or distribution charges because they had no evidence and couldn't get me to admit to it when I was brought in by them. I was released on my own recognizance.
My lawyer really screwed me over. She couldn't get the DA to lessen or drop any of my charges and the best plea bargain I could get was 3 years of probation or 1 year of drug court with 6 months of ACD and my record would be erased upon completion. She told me drug court was easy and no big deal, all I had to do was check in once a week and be on my way. Boy was she wrong, theres random drug tests (about 3-4 a week), mandatory self-help meetings (NA, AA, ect), mandatory outpatient treatment with counceling 3 times a week, and a bunch of other bullshit.
.............My first day of drug court I was tested positive for marijuana even though I haven't smoked in weeks since before I signed up, and was sanctioned by the judge to 3 Weeks in county jail. I never got into trouble even as a youth, so it was my first jail visit and the worst experience of my life. I've since been sanctioned for missing counceling to endless hours of community service, 2 NA meetings a day for 3 months, written essays, and a bunch of other bullshit.. I can't live my life LET ALONE get a job with all this shit from drug court to take care of, and I'm starting my second semester of college in the fall.
So I went and talked to a few other attourneys recently and got a really good one. He said I got completely screwed by the system and they found the only way the could to send me to jail for a non-jailable offense. And nobody gets out of drug court in a year, it usually takes 2 years anyways. He said from the police reports and my own story, that he should almost definatly get my case dropped for illegal search and seizure, but worst case scenario I would be released from drug court and put on probation for 1 YEAR at most since 3 years is way too excesive for my first A-misdemeanor with no prior record..
.......I'm just really happy that all this shit might finally be coming together for me and I can hopefully get a lot of this bullshit off my chest. I might even be able to blaze up in the near future if my case gets dropped!!
Sorry if this should be in Security and Legal, I just had to share I'm pretty excited. Hoping for the best but expecting the worst!
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See this thread >> http://icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=116199
Worst $1000 I ever spent, at the time I was selling small ammounts of marijuana (idiot) and somebody narced me out and set me up and made a buy where the drug task force was waiting nearby to make a traffic stop on me and search me illegaly. They thought they were taking down a big timer or hopefully I would rat somebody out for them, but they were dead wrong.
Anyways, I was charged with a Class A misdemeanor for possesion of a controlled substance (max 1 year jail and/or $1000 fine) and a citation for unlawful possesion of marijuana (max $100 fine in my state, no jail), with no prior record at ALL, and no intent to sell or distribution charges because they had no evidence and couldn't get me to admit to it when I was brought in by them. I was released on my own recognizance.
My lawyer really screwed me over. She couldn't get the DA to lessen or drop any of my charges and the best plea bargain I could get was 3 years of probation or 1 year of drug court with 6 months of ACD and my record would be erased upon completion. She told me drug court was easy and no big deal, all I had to do was check in once a week and be on my way. Boy was she wrong, theres random drug tests (about 3-4 a week), mandatory self-help meetings (NA, AA, ect), mandatory outpatient treatment with counceling 3 times a week, and a bunch of other bullshit.
.............My first day of drug court I was tested positive for marijuana even though I haven't smoked in weeks since before I signed up, and was sanctioned by the judge to 3 Weeks in county jail. I never got into trouble even as a youth, so it was my first jail visit and the worst experience of my life. I've since been sanctioned for missing counceling to endless hours of community service, 2 NA meetings a day for 3 months, written essays, and a bunch of other bullshit.. I can't live my life LET ALONE get a job with all this shit from drug court to take care of, and I'm starting my second semester of college in the fall.
So I went and talked to a few other attourneys recently and got a really good one. He said I got completely screwed by the system and they found the only way the could to send me to jail for a non-jailable offense. And nobody gets out of drug court in a year, it usually takes 2 years anyways. He said from the police reports and my own story, that he should almost definatly get my case dropped for illegal search and seizure, but worst case scenario I would be released from drug court and put on probation for 1 YEAR at most since 3 years is way too excesive for my first A-misdemeanor with no prior record..
.......I'm just really happy that all this shit might finally be coming together for me and I can hopefully get a lot of this bullshit off my chest. I might even be able to blaze up in the near future if my case gets dropped!!
Sorry if this should be in Security and Legal, I just had to share I'm pretty excited. Hoping for the best but expecting the worst!
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