My question involves criminal law for the state of: Viriginia.

I was out in sandbridge about two weeks ago and I was drunk with someone I was dating. I am 17, I turn 18 on may 4th. This is my first offense ever and my teachers said there willing to write letters of how great of a student I am on my behalf, If that will help. My court date is march 1st. What exactly happened is as follows; we were making out in the back of the truck and I had consumed one and half four locos. The cop shined his flash light in and proceed. He searched the car because it smelled of weed, he found the bowl and the weed and did not charge us with that at all. He simply tied the bag up and left it behind. (lucky break there). There after he asked for my permission for a breathylazer, since I'm underage I've learned it was illegal to even give me one without parent constant; he hadn't spoken to my parents until 10 minutes after giving me the test. I blew a .12 which the legal limit is .08. He did not put me on handcuffs at all not even when he took me home after speaking to my family. Also he let the person I was with get a ride home with a friend and wrote that person two tickets. As I said my formal charge is "illegal possession if achocal."

What I want to know is.....

•Should I get a lawyer or should I simply walk in and admit what I had done was wrong?

•What should I expect the punishment to be from my charge?

•Will the person that was with me be in that court room? I would prefer not to see that person at all.

•Is it a good idea to get letters from teachers?

•What should I say?

•Will this be erased from my record since I am not 18 yet and it's my first offense?


Thank you so much to whomever responds.