Drug Crimes, Substance Abuse Need help

[scallahan7]

Story: A few hours ago, me and 2 of my roommates were watching a TV show on the internet. While we were doing this, one of our friends used my other friend's marijuana pipe to smoke some of the leftover resin he had. We specifically told him not to do anything stupid because the cops were coming to fix a malfunctioning alarm right outside our door. While I am watching TV, I smell weed. While the Residential Director was standing outside our door waiting for the cops show up, she smells it. She comes in and asks for all of our IDs. Eventually the cops show up and we are all brought outside.

The cops question us and wants to know where the weed is and whose weed it is. Our friend refuses to take the blame, repeatedly denying smoking anything. The cops search our room and find some of one of my roommates weed in his prescription bottle with his name on it. He is written a summons. THE COPS WROTE ALL OF MY INFORMATION ON HIS SUMMONS. My roommate signed it. He showed it to me and it had my address, name, and everything on it; but my roommates signature is on it.

Out of all the 6 people that were in the room only one of my roommates got charged with possession. The police thought they were putting his information on the summons, but they used mine. This means that I am the only person that got charged.

UPDATE: While I was writing this, the cop came back and fixed his report. Is there any way my roommate can get off on his charge in court? What defense could his lawyer argue?

I appreciate all your help.

 

[jharris352]

LOL Boy you flipped that script fast. You went from panicking over you going to court to how can I help my roommate.

First, your roommate is a disloyal, not-so-bright, jerk for intentionally doing what he did when you expressly told him not to and then being such a pansy he couldn't own up to his own weed (what a jerk). Worse he isn't incredibly bright because he KEPT THE WEED IN A BOTTLE WITH HIS NAME ON IT. Let him suffer the consequences.

Secondly, no the temporary identification problem is not going to hinder the prosecution in court.

Third, you need to take steps to make sure that, if you don't do drugs yourself, no on else in your room does either. As you see, most people don't have the character to own up to what they have done wrong. Next time the cops come in a similar situation, what if he has a little weight on him? What if it isn't in a bottle with his name on it? What if he is still too much of a dweeb to take the blame? Guess what happens: You ALL go to jail until it is sorted out.

I'm fairly sure you will just ignore my advice, but I've defended hundreds of drug cases in the State of Virginia as an attorney and I can tell you that they are serious about putting drug offenders in jail and keeping them there. Think about it.