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    Default Minor Caught Holding Beer for a Friend

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Indiana
    I was recently at a tailgate before a home football game. My friend had asked me to hold his beer while he took a picture so I unfortunately did and right after he was done I gave it back to him. About an hour later, I left the tailgate and an undercover cop grabbed me and claimed she saw me holding a beer earlier and wrote me a ticket that claims I was in possession of a natural light beer. In this case, can I plead not guilty?

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    Default Re: Minor Caught Holding Beer for a Friend

    You can plead not guilty any time you choose. You have the right to a trial. Will you win if you go to trial? You can discuss that with your attorney, as we don't have access to the police report or knowledge of what the officer will say when she testifies. Was this a cup, that could have held some other beverage, or was it a clearly labeled beer can or bottle? Why didn't the officer act at the time she saw you with the beer?

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    Default Re: Minor Caught Holding Beer for a Friend

    Understand that possession of alcohol is about dominion and control, it is NOT about ownership or even consumption. Sure, you can go to trial, but if your defense is, "I had it, but it wasn't mine," that is essentially an admission of guilt.

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