My question involves criminal law for the state of: California
My friend and I got citations last night in Chino for having an open container in our posession. The citation is marked as a misdemeanor and not as an infraction. We are both underage, 20, but that was not written as part of our cite so I don't know if they plan on charging us with that too. Although since we are obviously underage and can't deny it I don't know if the fact that they didn't write it even matters. Some of the research I have been doing has suggested that we may lose our licenses as well as paying the fine. Is there any way around this? Does anyone know what normal procedure is for something like this?
Also, we weren't driving or near a vehicle. We were just outside with an open bottle.

