While I was at work, the police came to my dorm room on campus because of a complaint about the smell of marijuana-my roommate was smoking in my room. He let them into our room and they found my vaporizor (which was in plain sight when I left), and my bong and bubbler (both in my closet, which was slightly open). When I got off of work I was called in to be questioned ( I didn't know anything had happened at the time). When I go in, they start to question me and I basically said I don't smoke marijuana and don't know anything about the things they found. One of the cops asked to see my phone after the questioning and I said no. He still took my phone, without my permission, but he didn't look at it. He then said he was going to call the judge and get a warrant to search my phone. After a long while he came in, said I was under arrest and put me in handcuffs, then took and searched my phone. I was charged with a misdemeanor possession of marijuana and paraphernalia in a school zone. I have glaucoma, and my family can't afford insurance. I use marijuana to relieve the pressure in my eyes even though I know it's illegal in Louisiana. Is there anything I can do to fight these charges???
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army judge
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Hire an attorney or ask the court to appoint one to represent you. Speak about this only to your lawyer.
No, there is nothing YOU can do to fight the charge. But, your lawyer might be able to do something.
You've already done and said things that have caused yourself grief.
No, there is nothing YOU can do to fight the charge. But, your lawyer might be able to do something.
You've already done and said things that have caused yourself grief.
mightymoose
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Your best option here was to not talk to the police in the first place.
Regardless of your condition, it seems you were in violation of the law.
You will need a lawyer to assess whether the police search of the dorm room was legitimate. You also will want to find out from the attorney if your arrest was lawful according to your state laws. Typically, having found the paraphernalia at the dorm room when you were not there, the police should have sought a warrant for your arrest (assuming you did not make any admissions). The search of your phone incident to your arrest is valid, however if the arrest was bad, then anything found on your phone could not be used against you.
You will certainly need legal assistance to sort it all out.
Regardless of your condition, it seems you were in violation of the law.
You will need a lawyer to assess whether the police search of the dorm room was legitimate. You also will want to find out from the attorney if your arrest was lawful according to your state laws. Typically, having found the paraphernalia at the dorm room when you were not there, the police should have sought a warrant for your arrest (assuming you did not make any admissions). The search of your phone incident to your arrest is valid, however if the arrest was bad, then anything found on your phone could not be used against you.
You will certainly need legal assistance to sort it all out.
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