Re: Possession Of Pot And Paraphanalia - But The Cop Never Gave Me My Ticket!
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another question, will this increase my car insurance?
If you are convicted, it is possible that it could affect your driver's license.
Re: Possession Of Pot And Paraphanalia - But The Cop Never Gave Me My Ticket!
convicted of what? having a grinder and a bong on me? i don't see how i can get convicted because of that. most likely it will just be a fine i'll have to pay.
Re: Possession Of Pot And Paraphanalia - But The Cop Never Gave Me My Ticket!
This should not hit your Driver's License, but you never know about the state legislation. Some states hit minors.
You say "convicted of what" like it is something little. Unless you are out there smoking up with Woody Harrelson and happen to have glaucoma and a doctor's note, what you are doing is illegal. Even if you were out there smoking hams with Willie Nelson, it's illegal. It may seem harmless because it is just a weed, a plant. ...but it is one of the few unprocessed plants that it is illegal to smoke. Argue all you want, but until the pharmeceutical companies find a way to patent it and the government finds a way to tax it, it's going to be illegal.
You could try to make a deal on your own. People occasionally represent themselves "pro se", trying to negotiate with someone who already has the upper hand in charges and knowledge. You could try to get an attorney to help you craft a plea. I had a friend that did something similar; it ran him about $500 about 9 years ago. He met with the attorney at his office for 30 minutes and then they met with the prosecutor 3 weeks later. The same attorney got a friend off of the charges because the officer did not show (very very rare, but the attorney knew the officer's schedule and knew he would be on vacation).
...you never know what insurance companies will start checking as it gets less expensive to research. It used to cost a bit of money to perform a thorough background check. Now, for less than a Benjamin you can get more information on a person than you ever wanted to know.
The big thing about 10 years ago was using databases to check distances people drove to/from work. Now insurance companies are checking odometers or checking the information from the insurance application and the info at the time of an accident.
...in a few years they may have legislation to use the OnStar data or require people to allow accesses to the little black boxes.
...in a few years they may have legislation in place that would allow them to access state vehicle inspection databases and pull the VINs from the vehicles and the associated mileage.
...who knows.