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the_hatter
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Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice?
#18739431 - 08/21/13 07:56 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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My buddy was driving and his muffler got fucked up and we got pulled over. It was only like a half gram but they still charged us for the weed and pipes.
How fucked are we? Idaho has fucked up weed laws and wants a mandatory court appearance. We're both broke and can barely get home where we'll be homeless quite likely as it is.
I know it's a shitty option but what happens if we don't show and just say fuck idaho forever?
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: the_hatter]
#18740291 - 08/21/13 11:15 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I said, "Fuck Wyoming forever" after I was pulled over with 7-day expired auto insurance leaving the rainbow gathering. Two years later, I got a letter stating that my warrant had been forwarded to the US Marshals... Don't underestimate a bored and vindictive sheriff.
Write a letter to the court explaining your financial situation and ask if you can just plead no contest and pay by mail.
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: Bacchus]
#18741314 - 08/22/13 09:11 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks for the heads up man, I figured it was a shit option. We're still gonna call and try to figure something out of course but were just trying to figure out what options we have.
Shit sucks idaho has shitty weed laws, each charge is up to 1000 dollars and a year in jail and we both got two charges. It's so fucked up all this over a five bud. Weirdest thing is they let us go even though neither of us had a valid drivers Liscence.
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: the_hatter]
#18745223 - 08/23/13 12:55 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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If you don't show up to court, the worst thing that will probably happen is a ding on your background check. They are not going to drag you back to Idaho for posession of half a gram of weed. They probably just want you to leave Idaho and not come back.
If you want to come back to Idaho some more, you should probably take care of it. Otherwise I would not worry about it.
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#18747505 - 08/23/13 02:03 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Nice thanks man, that's what I've been getting from my family as well. Guess I'm never going back to idaho, place sucks anyway.
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: the_hatter]
#18752313 - 08/24/13 04:46 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Never a good thing to ignore a court appearance. Most of this stuff will eventually come back to you. They may even be counting on you doing this just to tack on more fines. Try to write a letter and explain your situation; but I doubt they'll care. Contact the ACLU (IN IDAHO if it has one) they gave my friend some good advice that worked out for him. If they're making you show up ask for a public defender to represent you. Good Luck, sorry you got fucked in Idaho. I always liked Idaho...
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: the_hatter]
#18753294 - 08/24/13 09:59 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Oh shit! I'm going to be heading to Idaho from California next week. Looks like I'm not gong to be smoking any weed. I haven't been there since a kid
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: Shroomhunter510]
#18759793 - 08/26/13 02:28 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Sounds like you'll just have a warrant on you... at least thats what ive seen happen to unpaid tickets/failure to appear in court/etc
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: Herbologist]
#18779855 - 08/31/13 12:09 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Curious where this happened...
Idaho is a very backwards state. I'd probably take care of it one way or another.
> each charge is up to 1000 dollars and a year in jail and we both got two charges.
That's just the definition of a misdemeanor, it bears no relation to what you're actually facing.
I've seen many weed/paraphernalia cases and they all get the standard fine with no jail time. They'll combine the charges and you'll each pay ~$650 in fines.
It's normally the same fine weather you have a roach or an ounce with a handful of bongs/pipes.
They won't chase you down, you'll just end up with a non-extraditable warrant if you skip out. Basically, you owe them $650 and they couldn't even arrest and transport you from one county for that price. Likely your warrant won't even be county to county extraditable, so essentially you'll just be banned from that county unless you want to be arrested and face the judge. Even then it will just be the same standard fine normally.
My advice is to have one or the other of you plead to everything and pay the fine, which you guys can spit, or have the non-pleading guy pay the whole thing.
They are real dicks in Idaho, and incompetent too. Call them and write letters. You aren't facing jail time, so you're NOT entitled to a public defender in Idaho. Most likely, with letters and calls you can arrange to pay the fine and/or arrange for a court appearance by telephone.
In the end I'd pay it and be done with it. If you skip without appearing you may eventually get arrested if you're in Idaho again, and they may well not allow you bail. If you arrange to pay the fine and then skip out on the check then they will also issue a warrant for you, however the bail will be the same as the fine, so it will be easy to get out.
That's your three options as I see it.
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#18779874 - 08/31/13 12:19 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Anonymous said: My advice is to have one or the other of you plead to everything and pay the fine, which you guys can spit, or have the non-pleading guy pay the whole thing.
That sounds like a pretty fair way to do it. I would rather be the guy that pays rather than the guy with the record. Cheaper in the long run.
If you are a hippie and do not plan to return to Idaho, might be a good idea just to skip out. If you are not a hippie, just pay it and be done with it.
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#18780177 - 08/31/13 02:34 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Alan Rockefeller said:
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Anonymous said: My advice is to have one or the other of you plead to everything and pay the fine, which you guys can spit, or have the non-pleading guy pay the whole thing.
That sounds like a pretty fair way to do it. I would rather be the guy that pays rather than the guy with the record. Cheaper in the long run.
I agree, but chances are that one of them will have a record already, so a minor mark like that won't matter to them in the least. If you have a clean record then paying the $650 is an extremely good deal.
In cases like these it's always best to just pay off someone to take the whole rap, or draw straws if you can't agree.
They're pretty well forced to let everyone else off if you have someone prepared to testify that it was all theirs and nobody else knew anything about it.
It's just turning the tables on them, since they try to split one joint into multiple charges all the time, and usually get away with it. I've seen them make several thousand dollars off one dime bag and a pipe before. Pure stupidity.
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: fastfred]
#18780202 - 08/31/13 02:48 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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My friend bailed on a DUI from Idaho a few years ago. Hasn't negatively impacted his life thus far.
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: Othyem]
#18780238 - 08/31/13 03:02 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Bailing on a DUI is dumb. His license will soon be suspended, if it isn't already, and it will be illegal for him to drive anywhere in the US. At no point will he ever be able to get a valid license in the US until he takes care of that DUI.
He's likely to get hammered hard on it now with the FTAs, and DUI has a pretty large sentencing range so a hard-ass judge could really fuck him over.
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: the_hatter]
#19959963 - 05/08/14 05:10 PM (9 years, 8 months ago) |
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I got busted in Idaho when i was 19, it was the first time I ever went to jail, and it was a terrible experience. Latah county jail, however has some good food, they have two real chefs in there that hand craft culinary masterpieces, crazy desserts and everything.
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Re: Got busted with pot passing through Idaho :( any advice? [Re: Fert Nitty]
#19968274 - 05/10/14 03:09 PM (9 years, 8 months ago) |
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i love idaho ( i live in Boise) but god damn the drug laws here do suck hard. Luckily i've never been caught. How did they find the weed from a traffic stop? Did you consent to a search?
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