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    Default Federal Officers and DNR Snuck Up on Us in the Woods

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Georgia

    I, along with many friends, went camping in the north Georgia Mountains in a national forest. That evening while we were conversing around the campfire, a team of federal and DNR (Department of Natural Resources) officers crept up on our campsite and watch our activity for about one hour. They directly observed me, along with three others, smoking marijuana away from the rest of the group. At that time, a state DNR officer detained us while the federal officers crept up on the remaining group of people near the campfire. The DNR officer who detained me along with the others confiscated approximately one gram of marijuana from my jacket pocket. He then wrote all four of us a state misdemeanor possession of marijuana citation. The federal officers however, wrote about twenty consumption of alcohol by a minor citations, seven misdemeanor possession of marijuana citations, and fifty littering citations and dispersed them among the others in the group. This is my first time being involved with the law and I have no criminal record at all. My question is, how likely would it be (with the right representation) that a judge would drop the misdemeanor possession charge and possibly lower it to disorderly conduct? I have research the first offenders conditional discharge program and although it is better than the alternative, I would like for the charge to be lowered to something else all together. I know that in the eyes of the law, I look like a pretty bad person. In all actuality however, I have only been involved with marijuana twice before.

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    Default Re: Federal Officers and DNR Snuck Up on Us in the Woods

    I would expect you to get a first offender's disposition on the marijuana charge.

    For the best assessment of what's likely to happen, consult a local criminal defense lawyer.

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    Default Re: Federal Officers and DNR Snuck Up on Us in the Woods

    when i was in high school we had keg parties in a field/glen that was a watershed to a us mil property. one night we light the fire and pumped the keg awhile. soon we noticed more people were in the circle that when we started! these mps had dropped from ropes silently from the tops of trees they had been hiding in.

    seems they were real mad about the fire pit more so than the keg.

    they took names and said we cant come back unless its daylight and we are with a parent or guardian. they gave our names to the state fire marshal who called our parents. that was all but the scare they gave us sneaking like that!

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