Alcohol & Drugs: MIP, MIC, Intoxication I borrowed my G/F's luggage and TSA found an old bottle of precrip. pills & coke para

[wiseguy007]

Hello, Thank you for reading my post.

I had borrowed my girlfriends luggage to attend my family reunion and when I was returning TSA had found a bottle of prescriiption pain pills and an EMPTY (with trace redidue) very small amber glass bottle of cocaine. They charged me of course and now I dont know what to do. I never knew that those things were in my the bag in the first place and if I did I would never by so stupid as to carry it through the airlines. Nor would I ever do it either.

She will wright a letter to the judge explaining everything but is probally unable to attend my court for it is in oregon and she lives in CA. She would also be afraid to tell that it was hers in court because of what she believes will happen to her.

Any advise on how I could get out of this.

Also, I had immediatly asked for my attorney after giving the officer my ID. I told him that I refused to answer any questions as long as I am under arrest without my attorney present and he continued to badger me with questions for an hour or so. I also have a whitness who was in the room the entire time.

I also asked for a fingerprint test, drug test, DNA test, lie detector test and was refused all of those. He finally let me go andd charged my with felony posession of cocain and controlled sub.

What can I do to get this throun out of court, please help!!!

Thanks....

 

[seniorjudge]

That's a pretty old story.



Standard answer

Here are some hints on appearing in court:

Dress professionally in clean clothes.

Do not wear message shirts.

Don't chew gum, smoke, or eat. (Smokers...pot or tobacco...literally stink. Remember that before you head for court.)

Bathe and wash your hair.

Do not bring small children or your friends.

Go to court beforehand some day before you actually have to go to watch how things go.

Speak politely and deferentially. If you argue or dispute something, do it professionally and without emotion.

Ask the court clerk who you talk to about a diversion (meaning you want to plead to a different, lesser charge), if applicable in your situation. Ask about traffic school and that the ticket not go on your record, if applicable. Ask also about getting a hardship driving permit, if applicable. Ask about drug court, if applicable.

From marbol:

"Judge...

You forgot the one thing that I've seen that seems to frizz up most judges these days:

If you have a cell phone, make DAMN SURE that it doesn't make ANY noise in the courtroom. This means when you are talking to the judge AND when you are simply sitting in the court room.

If you have a 'vibrate' position on your cell phone, MAKE sure the judge DOESN'T EVEN HEAR IT VIBRATE!

Turn it off or put it in silent mode where it flashes a LED if it rings. AND DON'T even DREAM about answering it if it rings."

(Better yet, don't carry your cell phone into the courtroom.)"


Here are six stories that criminal court judges hear the most (and I suggest you do not use them or variations of them):

1. I've been saved! (This is not religion specific; folks from all kinds of religious backgrounds use this one.)

2. My girlfriend/mother/sister/daughter/wife/ex-wife/niece/grandma/grand-daughter is pregnant/sick/dying/dead/crippled/crazy and needs my help.

3. I've got a job/military posting in [name a place five hundred miles away].

4. This is the first time I ever did this. (This conflicts with number 5 below, but that hasn't stopped some defendants from using both.)

5. You've got the wrong guy. (A variation of this one is the phantom defendant story: "It wasn't me driving, it was a hitchhiker I picked up. He wrecked the car, drug me behind the wheel then took off." Or, another variation: "I was forced into it by a bad guy!")

6. I was influenced by a bad crowd.

http://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?p=854687#post854687

Public defender's advice

http://newyork.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/70300494.html


Other people may give you other advice; stand by.

 

[CdwJava]

The "it's not mine story" will have almost zero weight without the attendance of the person alleging to claim it is hers. There is a good chance that the court will not even allow the submission of even a notarized statement from the alleged owner of the drugs.

And all those "tests" you asked for would be irrelevant. Polygraphs (lie detectors) are inadmissable, DNA is irrelevant here, a lack of fingerprints shows only that yours weren't found, not that you did not know of the drugs, etc.

You need to consult a criminal defense attorney in OR immediately.

- Carl

 

[Duranie]

This is no different than allowing someone else to pack your bags and then they slip something in there to get you busted.

The luggage was obviously not cheked thoroughly by you.

The "its not mine" is old and practically worthless.

You need an attorney like, now.