my 17 yrs. son was pulled over for the center brake light not working. the officer asked my son if he could search the car because he believes they were smoking pot. my son say's no. the officer says he can because of some law. searches the car,finds pieces of pot in the car. maybe making up not even a 1/2 of a joint. he opens the trunk and finds 4 cans of beer. the car is in my husbands name. both were written up as misd. and we have to go to court in a month. do we need to get a lawyer or is it pretty much a closed case against my son. we live in southern california.

