I was pulled over because I crossed the center line on a back country road. It was late and there were no other cars on the road and I was jamming to a good song, I knew there was a cop behind me so I was trying to drive my best and ended up crossing the center line and got pulled over and gave her my ID but didn't have my insurance card on me but did have insurance...She went back to her car, came back a few minutes after and had my ticket and stuff and I was smoking a cigarette and she had me put it out and then asked me to step out of my car so I did and we were just standing on the side of the road and she was explaining the ticket she gave me for no proof of insurance and the warning for crossing the center line and all of sudden she shined her flashlight on my shirt and said "That's weed on your shirt are you high" and I truthfully wasn't high, granted I did smoke about 8 hours prior to that, but I wasn't high and she never collected whatever it is she said she saw on my shirt (I didn't see anything) and she said it was weed and accused me of being high so I offered to do a field sobriety test and she even told me I passed it with flying colors and by the time that was done other officers were there and she asked if there was anything illegal in my car because she was going to search my car and I know my rights, she had no probable cause to search it so I told her "No you're not searching my car, I do not give consent to a search" and she responded, word for word, "oh yes I can" and went on to find a bag of weed, and a pipe that had been half smoked so she said I was high and arrested me for a OWI and took me in for blood work and all that. She said they will be able to tell by an active chemical that only stays in your blood for 24 hours when you smoke weed so if it was present, that means I am high but I smoked earlier that day..so I plead not guilty because my lawyer said I legally never should've gotten out of the vehicle and that she had no right to search my vehicle because her probable cause was this supposed piece of weed on my shirt but she never collected or tested it and I really don't think it was weed.. and now they're offering me a deal to have me plead guilty on the OWI and drop all other charges..I have a public defender but I guess she's out of town so when I went there to go over the deal they were offering me, it was a different lawyer who knew nothing about my case and when I asked her if I should take the deal or not, her only advice really was "it's a good deal" .........so I don't know if I should take the deal or keep fighting it...I don't want to have any drug charges on my record and a lot of people have OWI's and an OWI won't effect me getting a job in my field of study but drug charges will get me kicked out of school and I will probably have a difficult time finding a job with a possession fine....but I really wasn't high and I don't want to plead guilty for something that is inaccurate and have an OWI on my record....I have a clean record and have only ever gotten one traffic violation ticket and I want it to stay that way. Anyone have any advice as to what I should do? Take their deal, or keep fighting it? I want to fight it but I'm just scared that if I lose, then I'm stuck with all charges when I could take their deal and have no drug charges but then again, I feel like I have a good chance at beating it because I was not operating while intoxicated and I passed the field sobriety test and told the police officer she cannot search my vehicle. I read the police report and she never said anything in there about being able to smell weed but my lawyer said that she could lie and say she smelled it and that's why she searched my car and it would be her word over mine for the illegal search and seizure....and she was very unprofessional. When I was in the back of her cop car, she was texting and told me her boyfriend texted her and how excited she was before she texted him back. I know that's irrelevant but I just thought I would throw that in there. Also, my lawyer said that this was the first arrest the police officer made and that she had only recently became a police officer. My dad is a well known criminal attorney so I have a decent bit of knowledge as to what my rights are and I really feel like she illegally searched my vehicle. I know I should just ask my dad for advice, however, I really do not want him to find out about this. I'm pretty embarrassed about the entire situation and would really rather my family not know and I could really use some advice and/or suggestions. Like I said, I really don't want those drug charges on my record. I am in college and on my way to medical school and if I have a drug charge on my record, I will get kicked out of school and not be able to get into med school or find a decent job..
Thanks to anyone who took the time to read this.

