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    Default Charged with Open Container but Not MIP in Ohio

    I'm a 20-year-old college student and I was walking in between to house parties last night with an open beer hidden in my jacket when a police officer stopped me and asked me to show him what I was carrying. I was forthright with him and showed him the beer. He let another officer write me up and, because I was so polite and cooperative, the other officer said that he would only issue me a ticket for the open container violation instead of issuing me a ticket for the open container and being a minor in possession.

    Once I show my ID in court when I go to pay the open container fine and they see that I'm underage will they be able to charge me with MIP retroactively? Would there be anything that I could do to argue against that if they did?

    Thanks in advance for your help.

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    Default Re: Charged with Open Container but Not MIP in Ohio

    The judge doesn't charge people - that's the prosecutor's job. I can't promise that a prosecutor reviewing the case won't add the charge, but at this point I wouldn't expect that to happen. If you simply go to court to pay the fine, you may never even see a prosecutor.

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