2nd Offense Possession of Narcotics - Likely Sentence

I am off to my first appearance this morning. One thing I noted, is very few people seem to come back and post their "results" ... that may not bode well??

I'll advise as things progress, for the sake of start to finish. If I don't post again... well I guess you'll know how it turned out! :eek:

Good luck.

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Quoting tc498

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Good luck.

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:D Thanks!

they did not seem to concerned really... odd. As in I was not really all that interested in a long drawn out series of court appearances, I asked what the ramifications would be for a straight out "NO CONTEST" on all charges.

He dropped the seatbelt and the paraph, and imposed a $200 fine for the poss-charge. no probation, I'm done.

Since I have a poss charge already... I was not eligible for any programs...
He said, at your age, you are going to do what your going to do and jail is not going to change that. again, odd, but works for me.

I don't see how it matters, if you already have one felony... does a second one really matter all that much?

Anyway... time to smarten up and live a little more wisely. ;)

edit to add: what really shocked me the most, was how poorly dressed and rude everyone was! I went in suit and tie, and outside of the laywer/court people, I think I was the only one... seems really dumb to go before a judge wearing clothes that say "I don't give a shit"

Which may have explained some of your "luck".

Whew... I noticed the "dress" thing when my son had his first court date. I drove 10 hours to bring him a dress clothes - and everyone else in the courtroom except the two of us and lawyers had on jeans or sweats.

Dressing well tells the judge that your serious.Not caring can piss off the da and judge,which is gonna affect you. All states are different,a lot times you would just get probation,fines,sometimes they might want to give you a few months in jail.Having a 2nd felony could make the pushinment more serve if you mess up in the future or up a misdeamanor to a felony.

It's cool that you only paided a fine and didn't have to deal w. probation or anything like that.200 dollars doesn't seem that bad,was there court fees?My friend got caught peeing in the st and got a 300 dollar fine.I did some stupid things and had pay close to 100 dollars and almost had to pay about 500 buxs one time.It's seems like you got a resonable judge. The 5 year gap probably helped too,it's a lapse in judgement,rather then a constant problem.