My question involves criminal law for the state of: California
Last night I was at a party/club and when I was leaving with a few of my friends when a cop saw my friend kick a glass bottle from my car which happened to be a Mike's Hard Lemonade. The cop confronted us and as soon as two other cops arrived breathylized all 4 of us. I was the driver and had not been drinking as the breathylizer showed. But the friends I was with all had been drinking and admitted it even before they had been tested. I also had a bottle of Bacardi in the car that they found and had been opened. All the alcohol that was in my car was not mine or the friends I was with. The cop said I was being cited for minor in possession but my actual ticket says i was being cited for violation of code 23222 which is open container. It also says its an infraction. I am 17 years old and have a clean record. Will I get my license suspended for a year? Does the fact I had no alcohol in my system, had not been driving with the alcohol in my car at the time, and had been obviously getting rid of it before the cop even got there mean it is less serious? What will my punishment be?

