UptownHaze
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my wife and i were not on good terms for the past few years. problem was she knew i grew and it didnt bother her, but I never brought up divorce and kept our fights to a minimum due to paranoia she would rat me out during one of her rages.
long story short, we got divorced a few months back and i moved to a new house in the same neighborhood (brooklyn) and began growing again. apparently she told one of her friends and her friend maybe because she blamed me for the divorce ratted me out..
regardless, came home one day to see 3 cop cars near my house. door broken down (they had a warrant), nosy ass neighbors all standing nearby. before pulling up to the house I erased all messages/calls on my phone just in case (I dont deal though.)
cops asked my name and then in the back of the car i went. they pulled all my plants out (8 mature plants in 5 gallon buckets and 5-6 rooted clones in peat pellets), a 600w and all my nutes as evidence.
no plant was flowering, all in veg, and had about 3oz cured weed in 1 jar.
I also had a scale but i was not selling. scale was used to weigh out nutes.. i use dry nutes, and also to weigh out creatine/protein etc. hoping my lawyer can convince them of this..?
HERES THE PROBLEM
according to my lawyer NY has no cultivation laws - they basically weigh the entire plants, prob with roots and all, and count that as possession. now as u can imagine, 8x 5 gallon buckets will weigh a lot. im being charged w/ felony possession w/ intent to distribute. not sure how 8-14 plants counts as distribution esp w/o any evidence that i sold..
i have no priors except for a pending misdemeanor charge for smoking in public. got an ACD which means if i stayed out of trouble for a year it would have gotten dismissed but now they can bring that case to trial if they wish.. but other than that a clean record
i heard ny is pretty lenient but im terrified because of the weight based system. where can i find case studies or info? my lawyer said he can most likely reduce the weight significantly and jail is unlikely but WHAT exactly am i looking at? anyone have experience in nyc?
long story short, we got divorced a few months back and i moved to a new house in the same neighborhood (brooklyn) and began growing again. apparently she told one of her friends and her friend maybe because she blamed me for the divorce ratted me out..
regardless, came home one day to see 3 cop cars near my house. door broken down (they had a warrant), nosy ass neighbors all standing nearby. before pulling up to the house I erased all messages/calls on my phone just in case (I dont deal though.)
cops asked my name and then in the back of the car i went. they pulled all my plants out (8 mature plants in 5 gallon buckets and 5-6 rooted clones in peat pellets), a 600w and all my nutes as evidence.
no plant was flowering, all in veg, and had about 3oz cured weed in 1 jar.
I also had a scale but i was not selling. scale was used to weigh out nutes.. i use dry nutes, and also to weigh out creatine/protein etc. hoping my lawyer can convince them of this..?
HERES THE PROBLEM
according to my lawyer NY has no cultivation laws - they basically weigh the entire plants, prob with roots and all, and count that as possession. now as u can imagine, 8x 5 gallon buckets will weigh a lot. im being charged w/ felony possession w/ intent to distribute. not sure how 8-14 plants counts as distribution esp w/o any evidence that i sold..
i have no priors except for a pending misdemeanor charge for smoking in public. got an ACD which means if i stayed out of trouble for a year it would have gotten dismissed but now they can bring that case to trial if they wish.. but other than that a clean record
i heard ny is pretty lenient but im terrified because of the weight based system. where can i find case studies or info? my lawyer said he can most likely reduce the weight significantly and jail is unlikely but WHAT exactly am i looking at? anyone have experience in nyc?
