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selling tobacco to a minor
    #7480589 - 10/03/07 11:31 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I have to go to court next week for selling tobacco to a minor.

it was a sting. They sent some underage kid in, and like a dumbass, I didn't check his ID. Then he left, and 5 minutes later a detective walked in and handed me a citation.

So I pleaded 'not guilty' and got a court date, trial by jury.

The law in my state says that you are supposed to card anyone that looks under 27. This kid, to me looked well into his 20's, he had a 5 oclock shadow and was wearing a college shirt. So my position is that he looked over 27 to me.

I don't see how they can prove otherwise.

the big reason I want to get out of this is because if convicted I have to pay a $500 fine. My girl says I need a lawyer. I don't want to pay for one, and think I should just represent myself.

any advice from those who have faced similar charges?


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: wps]
    #7480685 - 10/03/07 11:53 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

any one who represents them self has a fool for a client


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: alchino23]
    #7481028 - 10/03/07 01:06 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

i wouldn't bother with a lawyer, you'll end up paying the same...or more if you had just pleaded guilty.

just stick to your story and thats all that needs to be done. Ask them why they had him dress like a fuckin college student and not a teenager.

i mean was this kid actually underage, or were they just busting your balls for not asking for an id?


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: makaveli8x8]
    #7481032 - 10/03/07 01:07 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

you could also do a search for some kind of legal help forum and ask questions their


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: wps]
    #7482001 - 10/03/07 06:15 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

don't bother with a lawyer for this. it's not worth it for a $500 fine. is this even a misdemeanor?


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: wilshire]
    #7482248 - 10/03/07 07:12 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I wouldn't sweat it. In my state the store gets all the fines.

$500 isn't worth it. You can't get a lawyer for that price, and if you factor in the missed work from court dates you'll be way behind.

That said, if you've got some spare time on your hands you might as well fight it yourself. I don't really see what the basis for your case would be though. You sold an underage tobacco, and that's illegal. If you want to argue that he looked 27 the jury is just going to look at him and decide if they think he's 27 or not. You'll probably loose.


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: wps]
    #7483411 - 10/04/07 12:40 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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wps said:
I have to go to court next week for selling tobacco to a minor.

it was a sting. They sent some underage kid in, and like a dumbass, I didn't check his ID. Then he left, and 5 minutes later a detective walked in and handed me a citation.

So I pleaded 'not guilty' and got a court date, trial by jury.

The law in my state says that you are supposed to card anyone that looks under 27. This kid, to me looked well into his 20's, he had a 5 oclock shadow and was wearing a college shirt. So my position is that he looked over 27 to me.

I don't see how they can prove otherwise.

the big reason I want to get out of this is because if convicted I have to pay a $500 fine. My girl says I need a lawyer. I don't want to pay for one, and think I should just represent myself.

any advice from those who have faced similar charges?




thats rough man, just think it coulda been worse, at least you didn''t lose your job.


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: wps]
    #7483416 - 10/04/07 12:42 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Dude, the best thing to do is take a plea agreement.. If you take it to jsry trial and lose, which you will, they will bank your ass on this and any other crime you ever commit. Jury trials are very expensive fore the county form what I ehar.

By the way, what the fuck is an underage selling of tobacco charge these days lol? you would think its an unclassified misdameanor, you msut live in a small hick ass town like me where they have nothing better to do.


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: Krystal Klear]
    #7483690 - 10/04/07 03:05 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

just pay it and try fight but its not going to work

its thats guy job to go round stinging people

if people could get off with this guy

thay probably wouldn't used him in the 1st place

i don't want to sound like ye with Little faith

but your going to have to end up paying

cant you just write if off on your tax returns or something?


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: alchino23]
    #7484512 - 10/04/07 11:20 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

i'd like to see an underage kid that looks 27 years old.


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: usg543]
    #7485381 - 10/04/07 03:17 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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usg543 said:
i'd like to see an underage kid that looks 27 years old.




First of all there are plenty of them, if you add clevage they get + 5 years, and a 6'2" 17 year old with a beard can look plenty old.


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: rodfarva]
    #7485399 - 10/04/07 03:23 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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rodfarva said:
Quote:

usg543 said:
i'd like to see an underage kid that looks 27 years old.




First of all there are plenty of them, if you add clevage they get + 5 years, and a 6'2" 17 year old with a beard can look plenty old.




i'd like to see a 17 year old kid with clevage that is 6'2" with a beard


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: usg543]
    #7485768 - 10/04/07 05:41 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

> i'd like to see a 17 year old kid with clevage that is 6'2" with a beard

I'll pass.


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: Seuss]
    #7486347 - 10/04/07 08:18 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

to answer your questions:

its a class C Misdemeanor, which means its on the same level as a speeding ticket.

I don't think they will offer a plea bargain, because there is no lower charge to plea it down to.

I've got the day off anyway, and its a good excuse to see some friends of mine downtown (its a big city, and I don't get down there very often)

the law here is fucking stupid as hell. To card or not to card is at the clerk's discretion, but its technically illegal not to card someone who 'looks under 27'. But of course there is no universally defined standard of what a person under 27 should look like.

My boss got a ticket for the same thing (separate incident), and he fought it and won. But he had lawyer. Not that it meant anything, the cop who wrote the ticket didn't want to testify.

so I'm gonna hope that the cop doesn't show, and if he does, try to make the best case I can. my main arguments:

the kid looked 27+ to me, so it was within my right not to card him.

just because I am a bad judge of age doesn't mean I'm marketing tobacco to children

the cops obviously sent a 'ringer' in there by dressing the kid in a college shirt, and encouraging him not to shave for 2 weeks.

When I was employed at this store I regularly turned people down who didn't have ID, and or checked people's IDs that looked young and it turned out they WERE of age... So just because these cops got lucky and sent in a guy whose appearance was tailored to make him look over age and it worked... doesn't mean I should have to pay a fine.

and yes, there are teenagers out there that look to be in their late 20's. these are exactly the kinds of kids that the police recruit for these stings.

I think my chances of the cop not showing up are at least 50/50, I mean the guy is a detective, not a beat cop, and this is a pretty minor charge, so I'm hoping he won't want to fuck with it. If the cop does show... well at least I get to cross-examine him. That will be fun!


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: wps]
    #7486353 - 10/04/07 08:24 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

also, they just changed the law so now clerks have to card if the customer looks 'under 40'.

so, I'm going to ask the cop why they changed that law, and imply it was because there is a fine line between 17 and 27, but the difference between 17 and 40 is obvious.


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: wps]
    #7486490 - 10/04/07 09:07 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I think you've got a good chance if you make your case well. Fight those sons of bitches.


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: TODAY]
    #7486516 - 10/04/07 09:15 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Ask them why tobacco kills people


but srsly...Good luck ive heard stings are really successful when it comes to jurys


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: Alion]
    #7486748 - 10/04/07 10:33 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

yeah just tell them you card whoever looks underage to you, and he didn't look underage to you.

tell any jury or whoever, its not how old THEY think he is, its how old YOU thought he was. YOU thought he was 27, and based on the LAW, if YOU think he's 27 YOU don't have to card.


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: makaveli8x8]
    #7486874 - 10/04/07 11:20 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

yeah, I even found the exact law, so I can quote it word for word:


The use of a person younger than 18 years of age to act
as a minor decoy to test compliance with this subchapter shall be
conducted in a fashion that promotes fairness. A person may be
enlisted by the comptroller or a local law enforcement agency to act
as a minor decoy only if the following requirements are met:

...

(3) the minor decoy has an appearance that would cause
a reasonably prudent seller of cigarettes or tobacco products to
request identification and proof of age;



bam

my interpretation of this law is that they are not supposed to recruit informants that look old. Even though they obviously do. When they got my boss it was with a 6'5" black kid that looked 30.

there is no way they can cite any kind of state defined standard of what a "appearance that would cause
a reasonably prudent seller of cigarettes or tobacco products to
request identification and proof of age
" is.


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Re: selling tobacco to a minor [Re: wps]
    #7487026 - 10/05/07 12:29 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

well looks like your set, let us know how it turns out


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