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    Default Providing Alcohol to Minors

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: North Carolina.

    Situation: Myself and two other friends were visiting the State of North Carolina. I am 21, one is 17, and another is 19.

    I was charged with providing alcohol to a minor and aid and abet to provide alcohol to a minor.

    My friend who was driving (17) loaned me money via his debit card to purchase the alcohol, I actually paid him some of my own cash to cover my own debts for borrowing money.

    I went inside the gas station and came out and got into the vehicle.

    The 19 year old was in the back seat and was not doing anything, but was also charged with possession.

    We were pulled over, and each arrested, we did not have our charges read to us until we were at the magistrate judge.

    In all actuality they never had the alcohol in their possession, it was in my own possession, as well as the receipts the entire time.

    Miranda was also not read, although I know that Miranda can be a bit tricky.

    When I arrived to the court, the officer forgot to fill out some paperwork during my actual "court". It was a green sheet called an SBI Final Dissolution Report.

    The Magistrate seemed frustrated with the officer in a few of the ways in which he handled things, one of them being, not having appropriate charges for us, in which they had to find out on a computer before actually "charging us".

    My friend reports that another cop was texting and driving and had to dodge a car in the parking lot, we were also not buckled in.

    This all took place in some backwater town.

    I have been charged with the following: 18B-302(A1)

    I never gave my friends alcohol.

    Thank you for your input.

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    Default Re: Providing Alcohol to Minors

    What's your question?
    Quote Quoting NCGS § 18B‑302. Sale to or purchase by underage persons.
    (a) Sale. – It shall be unlawful for any person to:
    (1) Sell malt beverages or unfortified wine to anyone less than 21 years old; or


    (2) Sell fortified wine, spirituous liquor, or mixed beverages to anyone less than 21 years old.
    (a1) Give. – It shall be unlawful for any person to:
    (1) Give malt beverages or unfortified wine to anyone less than 21 years old; or

    (2) Give fortified wine, spirituous liquor, or mixed beverages to anyone less than 21 years old.
    (b) Purchase, Possession, or Consumption. – It shall be unlawful for:
    (1) A person less than 21 years old to purchase, to attempt to purchase, or to possess malt beverages or unfortified wine; or

    (2) A person less than 21 years old to purchase, to attempt to purchase, or to possess fortified wine, spirituous liquor, or mixed beverages; or

    (3) A person less than 21 years old to consume any alcoholic beverage.
    (c) Aider and Abettor.
    (1) By Underage Person. – Any person who is under the lawful age to purchase and who aids or abets another in violation of subsection (a), (a1), or (b) of this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

    (2) By Person over Lawful Age. – Any person who is over the lawful age to purchase and who aids or abets another in violation of subsection (a), (a1), or (b) of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
    (d) Defense. – It shall be a defense to a violation of subsection (a) of this section if the seller:
    (1) Shows that the purchaser produced a driver's license, a special identification card issued under G.S. 20‑37.7, a military identification card, or a passport, showing his age to be at least the required age for purchase and bearing a physical description of the person named on the card reasonably describing the purchaser; or

    (2) Produces evidence of other facts that reasonably indicated at the time of sale that the purchaser was at least the required age.

    (3) Shows that at the time of purchase, the purchaser utilized a biometric identification system that demonstrated (i) the purchaser's age to be at least the required age for the purchase and (ii) the purchaser had previously registered with the seller or seller's agent a drivers license, a special identification card issued under G.S. 20‑377.7, a military identification card, or a passport showing the purchaser's date of birth and bearing a physical description of the person named on the document.
    (e) Fraudulent Use of Identification. – It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or attempt to enter a place where alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed, or to obtain or attempt to obtain alcoholic beverages, or to obtain or attempt to obtain permission to purchase alcoholic beverages, in violation of subsection (b) of this section, by using or attempting to use any of the following:
    (1) A fraudulent or altered drivers license.

    (2) A fraudulent or altered identification document other than a drivers license.

    (3) A drivers license issued to another person.

    (4) An identification document other than a drivers license issued to another person.

    (5) Any other form or means of identification that indicates or symbolizes that the person is not prohibited from purchasing or possessing alcoholic beverages under this section.
    (f) Allowing Use of Identification. – It shall be unlawful for any person to permit the use of the person's drivers license or any other form of identification of any kind issued or given to the person by any other person who violates or attempts to violate subsection (b) of this section.

    (g) Conviction Report Sent to Division of Motor Vehicles. – The court shall file a conviction report with the Division of Motor Vehicles indicating the name of the person convicted and any other information requested by the Division if the person is convicted of any of the following:
    (1) A violation of subsection (e) or (f) of this section.

    (2) A violation of subsection (c) of this section.

    (3) A violation of subsection (b) of this section, if the violation occurred while the person was purchasing or attempting to purchase an alcoholic beverage.

    (4) A violation of subsection (a1) of this section.
    Upon receipt of a conviction report, the Division shall revoke the person's license as required by G.S. 20‑17.3.

    (h) Handling in Course of Employment. – Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an underage person from selling, transporting, possessing or dispensing alcoholic beverages in the course of employment, if the employment of the person for that purpose is lawful under applicable youth employment statutes and Commission rules.

    (i) Purchase, Possession, or Consumption by 19 or 20‑Year Old. – A violation of subdivision (b)(1) or (b)(3) of this section by a person who is 19 or 20 years old is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

    (j) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a law enforcement officer may require any person the officer has probable cause to believe is under age 21 and has consumed alcohol to submit to an alcohol screening test using a device approved by the Department of Health and Human Services. The results of any screening device administered in accordance with the rules of the Department of Health and Human Services shall be admissible in any court or administrative proceeding. A refusal to submit to an alcohol screening test shall be admissible in any court or administrative proceeding.

    (k) Notwithstanding the provisions in this section, it shall not be unlawful for a person less than 21 years old to consume unfortified wine or fortified wine during participation in an exempted activity under G.S. 18B‑103(4), (8), or (11).

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