I was recently arrested for possession of Marijuana and possession of Paraphernalia. The Officer pulled me over on May 12, 2007 in Burns Habor, IN around 10:30 P.M. because I was supposably swurving and had one of the two license plate lights out and he couldn't read it from 50 feet away. When I handed him my registration, he told me to get out of the car to search me, with me forgetting that I had my grinder in my pocket, he found it. The grinder didn't have any Marijuana in it, but it did have residue. He then asked me if I had anything else in the car, I said yes I have a jar of Marijuana under the passenger seat. After finding that, he arrested me and read me my rights. Another officer then tested my eye movement to see if I was under the influence, which i was not. They then searched my car with a dog and found the Marijuana Pipe that I had in my trunk. When I was bailed out of jail the next day, I found out from a friend that read the newspaper, that I had 12 grams of Marijuana on me and that the reason the cop searched me was because I was nervously shaking. I was not shaking at all, I was polite to the officer, the only time that I maybe shaked was when i was looking for my registration in a pile of papers, and he was telling me to hurry. My court date in on the 27th, and I have schedual to see the Porter Starke Services on the 13 for Drug Dependency or Abuse. I was wondering what I should do, plea guilty, should I get a lawyer or public defender or what? also I was arrested for Shoplifting In Cook County IL last Thursday with up to 54 dollars worth of items, will that affect this case or will this case affect that shoplifting case? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

