What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? South Carolina. I was riding with a friend who had recently bought around 2-3 grams of marijuana, when we were pulled over. he tried to ingest his bag and was caught, instantly arrested, they searched me and sat me off to the side(not handcuffed) while they searched the car. although I have smoked it before, I am not a user, and was not intending to smoke it, though we told the police we were going back to my house. eventually one of the policemen told me I could call somebody to pick me up or start walking home, when the cop searching the car put me in cuffs and told me he found half a baggie(with nothing in it) under my seat. I had no knowledge of the bag and wasn't even read my rights. I've never been charged with anything before, and the person I was with told the police that it was his bag and his drugs that I had no knowledge of, but I was put in jail overnight and given a $470 ticket without even being read my rights. seeing as my mother doesn't work, and I pay most of the bills(im 17, btw) that is much more than I can afford, and though I might be guilty by association, I still feel that I am overall innocent am being done wrong. I can't afford a lawyer to fight this for me and wouldn't know how to prove my innocence. help please?