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ShagginJet · 01-06-2005, 08:50 PM

I got in some trouble and need some advice. If you know or know anyone who knows legal stuff please help out.

I was picked on the 14th of Dec for DUI and Possession with intent to sell. I spent 2-1/2 days in LA County Jail, to be released on the morning of the 17th. I was never charged for anything or saw a judge. It was explained to me by other inmates that they had 72 hours to charge or release me. I was also told that once released that they couldn't press charges since I already served time.

Skip to today, in the mail I recieved a letter from the Cali Highway Patrol. It states that I'm due in court on the 23rd of March for the charges that I was originally taken in for.

The confusion comes with what I was told in jail. I ran this by several friends who have served time and they pretty much confirmed what I was told. Obviously none of us are lawyers so we really don't know.

Would anyone like to share some insight if they could. I don't want to spend 2k on a lawyer just to have them get me off cause I already served.

THANKS.... Shagg.

*KwikR6* · 01-06-2005, 09:53 PM

ummmmmmmmmmmmm i would say..talk to a lawyer asap

Mischief · 01-06-2005, 10:06 PM

my advice would be.. don't drink and drive and don't do drugs but that doesn't help you out now

ohiochica · 01-06-2005, 10:31 PM

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Originally posted by Mischief
my advice would be.. don't drink and drive and don't do drugs

duh! that goes without sayin, you play with fire you get burnt.

but on a side note, you dont have to have anything illegal to get intent to sell. i was once held on "intent to sell" what did i have? i had 5 freaking darvacets from when my mom was dying of cancer. they were 5 years old and found in my glove box med box.....hmmmmmmmm now was i really trying to sell or were they being asses? so good luck and get that lawyer asap! and next time dont be a freaking idiot!

*pdiggitydogg* · 01-06-2005, 10:49 PM

you need a lawyer NOW

VR4_Craver · 01-06-2005, 11:49 PM

Just because you werent actually told you were being charged didnt mean your paper work wasnt being done.....The court date wouldnt be any time soon after the arrest ( 1 week or 2) I takes along time for the paper work and everything to get to you...but yes definetly talk to a lawyer.......good luck and be ready to shell out some

Mischief · 01-07-2005, 01:34 AM

last time I checked they had to explain to you what laws you had broken, how you broke those laws and had you sign a piece of paper saying they did that.. that's what happened when I got pulled over and I'd think it'd be the samething with this

IALuder · 01-07-2005, 02:24 AM

^those are for traffic violations only. the intent to sell doesnt need a siggy. my dads a cop.

as for can they charge you, im not to sure. but i can find out.

ShagginJet · 01-07-2005, 02:43 AM

^ pls do.

ebpda9 · 01-07-2005, 08:31 AM

well state laws are different from state to state. but your situation sucks.

ShEaNy · 01-07-2005, 08:42 AM

get a lawyer....might get a reduced sentence if its ur first offence...maybe just a big fine...who knows...

mavaaoife · 01-07-2005, 09:43 AM

Good luck hun... no lawyer took my case for my accident.. so.. im stuck with $45Grand in med bills...

GT40FIED · 01-08-2005, 05:51 AM

Get a lawyer, get a lawyer, GET A FUCKING LAWYER. No matter how safe you think you are, there's always a bunch of bullshit people tell about the law. For some reason people still think that if you ask someone if they're a cop, they have to answer honestly. Dumbasses. The charge/release law does apply to some states, but for some reason I doubt Cali is one of them. They seem so gung-ho to get rid of any kind of crime that they'd do away with shit like that. If you got popped on the DUI, I at least hope you didn't take a breathalizer or take the field sobriety test (if you were actually drunk). That'll give you a lot of wiggle room on a DUI charge. As for the possession charge...you're pretty much screwed if they decide to go on with the charges and they can prove you had an illegal substance.

IALuder · 01-08-2005, 08:19 AM

my dad doesnt know about other states, but in iowa its TRUE!

01-06-2005, 08:50 PM	#1
ShagginJet Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,584	Legal advice needed... I got in some trouble and need some advice. If you know or know anyone who knows legal stuff please help out. I was picked on the 14th of Dec for DUI and Possession with intent to sell. I spent 2-1/2 days in LA County Jail, to be released on the morning of the 17th. I was never charged for anything or saw a judge. It was explained to me by other inmates that they had 72 hours to charge or release me. I was also told that once released that they couldn't press charges since I already served time. Skip to today, in the mail I recieved a letter from the Cali Highway Patrol. It states that I'm due in court on the 23rd of March for the charges that I was originally taken in for. The confusion comes with what I was told in jail. I ran this by several friends who have served time and they pretty much confirmed what I was told. Obviously none of us are lawyers so we really don't know. Would anyone like to share some insight if they could. I don't want to spend 2k on a lawyer just to have them get me off cause I already served. THANKS.... Shagg. __________________ RECENTLY UPDATED!!! 5-20-04 http://63.249.135.19/hdrive/car/index.htm

01-06-2005, 09:53 PM	#2
KwikR6 Mind Blowing Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cloud 69 Age: 44 Posts: 8,871	ummmmmmmmmmmmm i would say..talk to a lawyer asap __________________ I JDM. I My Honda The epitome of stupidity is expressed so fluidly with the shity lyric theory you try to spit at me. I CAN'T WAIT FOR SUMMER!!!

01-06-2005, 11:49 PM	#6
VR4_Craver Banned Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The stixx Age: 38 Posts: 1,550	Just because you werent actually told you were being charged didnt mean your paper work wasnt being done.....The court date wouldnt be any time soon after the arrest ( 1 week or 2) I takes along time for the paper work and everything to get to you...but yes definetly talk to a lawyer.......good luck and be ready to shell out some __________________ me from another forum (im the top geekz0r) the geekz0r (11:03:46 PM): basicly, look at it this way...the 6speed is the same is the 5speed in 2,3,4,5,and 6...only the speeds are different because of the fd the geekz0r (11:04:16 PM): so 2nd pulls like 1st in the 5speed, 3rd is like 2nd, etc. PortugeeTex (11:04:26 PM): so whats 1st like then? the geekz0r (11:04:49 PM): 1st is like hitting a cheeta in the ass with a tazer PortugeeTex (11:04:53 PM): lmfao

01-07-2005, 02:24 AM	#8
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 38 Posts: 7,908	^those are for traffic violations only. the intent to sell doesnt need a siggy. my dads a cop. as for can they charge you, im not to sure. but i can find out. __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

01-07-2005, 02:43 AM	#9
ShagginJet Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,584	^ pls do. __________________ RECENTLY UPDATED!!! 5-20-04 http://63.249.135.19/hdrive/car/index.htm

01-06-2005, 10:49 PM	#5
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 41 Posts: 10,579	you need a lawyer NOW

01-07-2005, 08:31 AM	#10
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 43 Posts: 17,266	well state laws are different from state to state. but your situation sucks. __________________

01-07-2005, 08:42 AM	#11
ShEaNy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB Age: 40 Posts: 3,821	get a lawyer....might get a reduced sentence if its ur first offence...maybe just a big fine...who knows...

01-07-2005, 09:43 AM	#12
mavaaoife Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Age: 39 Posts: 1,486	Good luck hun... no lawyer took my case for my accident.. so.. im stuck with $45Grand in med bills... __________________ 1994 Supra TT Auto-THE WORLDS MOST CURSED SUPRA!!! www.atlsupras.com Http://www.myspace.com/tehren84

01-08-2005, 05:51 AM	#13
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 42 Posts: 7,451	Get a lawyer, get a lawyer, GET A FUCKING LAWYER. No matter how safe you think you are, there's always a bunch of bullshit people tell about the law. For some reason people still think that if you ask someone if they're a cop, they have to answer honestly. Dumbasses. The charge/release law does apply to some states, but for some reason I doubt Cali is one of them. They seem so gung-ho to get rid of any kind of crime that they'd do away with shit like that. If you got popped on the DUI, I at least hope you didn't take a breathalizer or take the field sobriety test (if you were actually drunk). That'll give you a lot of wiggle room on a DUI charge. As for the possession charge...you're pretty much screwed if they decide to go on with the charges and they can prove you had an illegal substance. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

01-08-2005, 08:19 AM	#14
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 38 Posts: 7,908	my dad doesnt know about other states, but in iowa its TRUE! __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

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