Entrapment Setup

First off, I have a clean record. Never have been arrested. I have a great job and 2 kids that I have 50 % of the time from my divorce. About 1 1/2 weeks ago I met a girl at a bar and thought this girl was soon to be my next girlfriend by the way she paid attention to everything we talked about. Since I work all the time and have kids, we really only talked on the phone a lot. She asked me if i could ever find her some pot and I said I could try. I really wanted to hook up with her because she was very pretty. In some of conversations she would ask me if I found her anything yet. So Friday 5-5-06 came and she called me around 12 noon and asked if I could find her something because her friend and her wanted some. So I told her that I probably could. After work I went out to the beach and asked some surfers if they had anything, one of the guys said they had an ounce for $ 100. I said I'll take it. Then i called her and said I could help her out, she said okay well lets meet up in a little while. So I went to go wash my car and she said she could meet up with me then. So I waited for her, we met up and b/s for about 10 minutes and then I told her her stuff was in the car, as soon as she grabbed it and tossed me the money, I had a police officer telling me to freeze and put my hands on the ground. Trow me in the car and started searching my car, all they found was the pot and a bowl that was my personal use. Now I'm being charged for sale and deliverly, poss of pot and the bowl. I'm in Florida, so I'm being charged with 2 felonies and a misdomenor. What should I do, the attorneies around here want $ 12,000, but I just don't have that. It cost me $ 3100 just to get out. I'm not sure and i need advice. I almost lost my job because they found out and my brother is trying to become an FBI agent and I'm affraid that I might risk him his job. Please advice me..................The police want me to find them some people and i just dont want to be a narc. Comes to find out, thats what the girl was. What should I do?

Get a criminal defense lawyer, or if you qualify petition for a court appointed lawyer.

Should I work with the police and see if they could drop stuff if I help them or is that considered entrapment?

Should I just pursue to get them in trouble for entrapment?

If you want to work with the police to see if you can get the charge dropped, that's your choice to make. You may wish to consult a lawyer anyway.

Have you heard of that working out for people if they do. The attorney that I'm think about using says he could possibly get the charges all dropped, he's not sure yet. Has to see how the entrapment is on the report. I have a few people that I know of some activity that goes on, and they don't even know me. I just have a lot on my plate and a lot to lose. I would like to get everything dropped since I have no prior history at all. Plus I don't want to hurt my brothers chances with the FBI. I just want to do whats best.

It works for some people; others fail to produce sufficient leads or evidence and the police refer the charges for prosecution.

What kind of questions should I ask? To make sure that I'm going to get out of this. Should I have them sign something? If I give them one good lead, should that be it or are they going to keep on asking for more? What would you do in my case, if the public defender won't help and you really don't have any money for a attorney. Will they drop they charge with what i have? i just don't know if i trust them. Again what would you do in my shoes?

Entrapment requires that the police (or their agent) induce you to do something that you might not otherwise be willing to do. In this instance a girl asked you for some dope and you agreed to hook her up because she was pretty. You bought the stuff then transferred it to her for the dough and got popped.

Talk to an attorney, and don't be too certain that anyone can get this dropped as entrapment. Unless FL has case law that has determined that repeated requests is an undue inducement to criminal activity, this sounds like pretty standard fare to me.

- Carl

yes, this happens in fascist / communist distatorships all the time,
very standard fare.....