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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#15913072 - 03/07/12 08:54 AM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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t00th said: You get caught with a properly labeled research chemical - with no scale or caps or anything - what is your chance of beating that in court
Specifics are nice...What is a "research chemical" as you use the phrase? Similarly, what are "caps"? In addition, what are the charges you're trying to beat?
A research chemical is a drug that has not been scheduled yet.
I am not a lawyer, but I can tell you what happened to me when they found a small bag of jwh-073 in my wallet. This was back when the substance was still legal, and involved local police in California.
The cop asked me what it was. It had been in there a long time and I didn't remember what it was. I told him the truth, that I didn't know. He tested it with narcopouch test kits, and when he used the opiate pouch, it turned yellow. These tests are notoriously unreliable and I knew this was wrong since I have never been into opiates, but the kit established probable cause so he ran me through the system. I was arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance and transported to county jail. It cost $1500 to bail out - Otherwise I would have been in there a couple weeks until I got in front of a judge. On the way out of jail they took my DNA. At my first court date the state asked for a continence to test the drugs. On my second date the state dropped the charge because the substance tested negative for controlled substances when tested with GC/MS. I never got the 1500 back, and now have a permanent felony arrest record.
I would expect the same thing to happen when busted with any substance which looks like drugs.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#15913093 - 03/07/12 09:05 AM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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Enlil said: I assume your bail was $15k and you used a bondsman? Otherwise you should have gotten your bail back.
Correct. I would have bailed myself out but I don't know how to go about withdrawing $15k from the bank while incarcerated. Is that even possible, or is it necessary to borrow the cash from a friend?
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: naum]
#15913197 - 03/07/12 09:47 AM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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t00th said: the way i figure it - your riding down the road with 100g of mxe - properly labeled and with nothing on you to make it seem like its for human consumption - your still going to get arrested.
my question is are you going to get off of the charge (possesion, trafficking, whatever it may be) when you go to court.
If there is no evidence that you are going to use or represent it as a drug, you would get off. (in my opinion. I am interested in what an attorney would say) But just being arrested for felony drug charges is a harsh punishment in itself. They treat you like crap and lock you in tiny rooms with 20 other felons.
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naum said: Can you not get your felony arrest record, prints, and DNA record permanently expunged since the case was dropped? You would be able to do it here with the help of the lawyer. It's well worth the lawyer's fees.
That is a good question for an attorney. Enlil?
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Diploid]
#16672558 - 08/09/12 06:01 PM (11 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have heard that if your roommate accepts the paperwork but never tells you about it, you are out of luck.
Enlil, no one except my friends knows my current address and I have never gotten any mail there, I use a po box for everything. What happens if someone tries to sue me?
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: LySergic D]
#16728135 - 08/19/12 05:27 PM (11 years, 5 months ago) |
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LySergic D said: If the judge was to throw me in prison for the rest of my life, so be it.
Nah you'll probably get 90 days or maybe much less. Get some reading material on the inside, you will be fine.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Absolute]
#16957780 - 10/03/12 09:42 AM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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Absolute said: Do you have to submit to a store or security guard detaining you?
I'll wait for Enlil's answer on this, but also remember that store policy usually says they can't touch a shoplifter. Often they will ask you to stay, but if you leave they won't physically restrain you. I am not sure if it is legal to leave if they tell you not to, Enlil?
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Diploid]
#17050967 - 10/17/12 08:29 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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Diploid said: LySergic D, hey buddy, my offer is still open. If you're looking at real time, even if it's just a few weeks, zap me how to contact you and I'll write and send you a little $ for the commissary to make the time pass faster.
I'll send you some $ for the commissery too, PM me if you need it.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Stonehenge]
#17058116 - 10/18/12 09:38 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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Stonehenge said: It might be a good idea to have one or two of those fake cams mounted in your car with the little red light always on.
That's a good idea if the cops in your area like to pull shady shit. I have been pulled over hundreds of times, and the cops have always played by the books.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#17062113 - 10/19/12 03:09 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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According to this, they don't test for ethanol, they test for Ethyl glucuronide (EtG), a metabolite of alcohol which stays in the system for 80 hours.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Diploid]
#17073320 - 10/21/12 02:43 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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Enlil said: I can think of no reason ever to agree to a polygraph. Contrary to what they tell you, a polygraph examination is not just testing your truthfulness. It is an interrogation technique designed to corner you and get you to reveal information.
I agree - polygraph interrogations are just like regular interrogations, except that they have silly machine hooked up to you that doesn't really work. They know it doesn't work, but they don't care. It's the interrogation part that is important.
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Diploid said: But what's the down-side to refusing to talk to them even if you have an alibi? Why not let them knock themselves out. They have nothing so why not tell them to fuck off?
If you have a good alibi and you don't say it until trial, you could end up with a felony arrest and $10,000 in lawyers fees.
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My first inclination is to fuck the police. FUCK the police!
That is an extremely bad idea! Police reproduce sexually.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#17073388 - 10/21/12 02:52 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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Very good point, I never thought of it that way.
Diploid, go ahead and fuck the police.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Stonehenge]
#17081291 - 10/22/12 07:41 PM (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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Even if you are completely innocent and you tell only the truth in an interrogation (the odds of this are unlikely), your truthful answers can still be used to convict you if the government has some mistaken, false evidence that disagrees with what you told them.
If you say nothing, you get to see what they have in discovery and could avoid these pitfalls which can convict innocent people of crimes that they did not commit.
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I have no doubts she would take 100% of the blame, but its the mutual possesion that has me concerned.
If she has it in her pockets, purse or bra and you don't know it's there, you shouldn't get mutual possession.
If you know she has weed and you are in the car, you are in for it.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: trip352]
#17218487 - 11/14/12 12:47 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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trip352 said: Lol... Here's a question... Is there anyway to beat a no seatbelt ticket? Lol
How did they find out that you weren't wearing a seatbelt?
I am not a defense attorney, but it's my opinion that seatbelt tickets are difficult to fight, but not impossible.
A friend of mine got out of one because his lawyer argued that at that time of night, it was getting dark and the cop couldn't have seen if he was wearing a seatbelt or not. The lawyer wasn't really being honest though, the cop did see that he had no seatbelt and pulled him over for that. The cop searched and found .01 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and arrested my friend for that. He was found not guilty on both charges.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: shLong] 1
#17218644 - 11/14/12 01:24 PM (11 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yes, he got busted for possession of psilocybin for having a bag that used to have cubensis in it.
The real reason he got off is that the judge thought this was bullshit. The seatbelt was just an excuse to arrest him, and an excuse to let him off.
Ten years later, my friend is now a very successful filmmaker.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: XFINITY]
#17373592 - 12/11/12 11:20 AM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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XFINITY said: If someone was to damage the CMOS sensor of one of these cameras with a powerful 1Watt laser
That is a great idea! Especially since they aren't recording all the time, just when someone runs a red light. I have some ten watt LED lasers.
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What kind of laws would someone be violating if they were to use an Opticom (a device used to change traffic signals) to change red lights to green, without being an emergency vehicle?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12365330
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An Arkansas town is planning to use SWAT teams to check the ID's of random people on the street.
http://rt.com/usa/news/swat-guns-paragould-arkansas-224
Is their plan legal?
Arkansas is a state where you are not required to show ID.
If they arrest you for not showing ID or not speaking to them, would someone have a good civil case under 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983?
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#17446293 - 12/25/12 12:26 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Enlil said: Example, please
Most US Government jobs do a background check that sees arrests and heavily takes them into account. You can try to explain them away but they usually don't believe you.
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: sonamdrukpa]
#17863758 - 02/25/13 02:50 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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sonamdrukpa said: Is there any danger in explicitly encouraging people to use illegal substances and then visit your business?
Yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illicit_Drug_Anti-Proliferation_Act
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Re: Ask a defense attorney [Re: Enlil]
#17863903 - 02/25/13 03:09 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Good point, I didn't see the "at home" part.
I read the definition of solicitation and it does seem to apply in this case.
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