Charged with Distribution of a Counterfeit Substance (Catnip)
My question involves criminal law for the state of: Massachusetts
Now i know it was a really dumb idea to do this but on april fools day 4/1/09 me and a buddy had two bags of catnip, plastic bags that look like weed bags with catnip which looked like weed and were standing outside a small hospital asking if anybody wanted to buy a bag, we might have said "trees" also. and i assume someone called the police because we started walking away and a minute later a cop stopped us. searched us we showed a recipt for the purchase of the catnip. so i was hoping somebody might know a possible scenario or outcome. or mabey something that could help me out? thanks i appreciate it.
Re: Charged with Distribution of a Counterfeit Substance (Catnip)
Just because the item was NOT real does not mean it is any less of a crime. Intent was there.
Re: Charged with Distribution of a Counterfeit Substance (Catnip)
yes but i didn't think selling catnip was illegal as long as it looks and sounds like we were trying to sell it as catnip.. like for cats, what will happen?
Re: Charged with Distribution of a Counterfeit Substance (Catnip)
just a few months ago you posted here and you were on probation. Not a smart thing to do especially if you are still on probation.
so, you are going to try to tell us that you were standing in front of this hospital yelling
"catnip for sale. anybody want to buy a bag of catnip?"
Re: Charged with Distribution of a Counterfeit Substance (Catnip)
yes unfortunately. i was about to be getting off probation in june. and yes we were asking people walking in if they want a bag and were waving the catnip
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and yes we were asking people walking in if they want a bag and were waving the catnip
that is not the same as asking if they wanted to buy some catnip.
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me and a buddy had two bags of catnip, plastic bags that look like weed bags with catnip which looked like weed
You obviously were allowing the prospective customers to believe you were selling actual weed.
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yes unfortunately. i was about to be getting off probation in june. and yes we were asking people walking in if they want a bag and were waving the catnip
I am not trying to beat you up here, BUT;
If you are on probation , hmmmm, dont you know what that means? You are not to get into trouble while you are on probation.
It is obvious that the probation sentence did not scare you straight, maybe a term in jail will. If this is what it takes then so be it. You only have 4 months left on your probation and you went out and sold a FAKE WEED. The jails are full of people who sell flour as cocaine etc.
You are not the first to do this and you wont be the last. However, you are looking at a probation violation besides the new charge.
Re: Charged with Distribution of a Counterfeit Substance (Catnip)
You need to convince your probation officer and in all likelihood a prosecutor that this was an April Fool's joke. For that, unfortunately, I suggest getting help from a lawyer.
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