What is the name of your state? Georgia
I'll give my story below. If anyone has any suggestions as to what action I should take from this point, please post.
I was asleep at 3 a.m. on June 21st when two officers entered my room and pulled me out of bed at gun point. When I came to my senses, they told me that they had arrived at my house looking for a missing teenager (who I knew, but had never been to my house) and they had seen pot laying out on the table when my roommate allowed them to enter with the stated purpose of looking for this girl. However, the police had been at the house 30 minutes before they knew I was in one of the bedrooms – the missing girl could have been there for all they knew, but they did not seem to be concerned with that. I was then taken outside and handcuffed to my deck, where I waited 20 minutes until DTF showed up. They asked if they could search the house - I denied them and everyone left except the first 2 officers. My roommate, his brother, one of our friends, and myself where detained the entire time that DTF was gone. DTF showed back up 5 hours later with a search warrant, and found a little over 4 grams of meth, 1/2 gram of coke, less than an ounce of pot, 3 sets of scales, sandwich bags, around $2,000 cash, and 2 WW2 collector rifles. I took most the the charges on me: I was charged with pot with intent, meth with intent, possession of cocaine, and possession of a firearm in commission of a crime. It's obvious that I sold pot at times to support my habit, but I did not sell meth - which is a serious offense. The meth that the police found was in one bag, and there were no little baggies in the house. I am hoping I can get that charge down to possession, because that's exactly what it was there for.
I am 20 years old, a full time college student for the last 3 years, and I am very academic - I have a GPA of 3.8 and I have been on the deans list the entire time of my college career. I have never been in any sort of trouble before, so I am hoping to plead first offender. I am meeting with a rehab councilor tomorrow to be evaluated. And then I am going to go ahead and go to rehab no matter the outcome of my trail - if I have one at all, since I may do a plea bargain because I don't have much money to spend on a lawyer. In doing this, I am hoping to show to the DA and judge that I am willing to change, and I no longer wish to use drugs. In essence, tell them that I was wrong and won't do it again.
Please advise.
(NOTE: my roommate’s lawyer has already discovered that the supposed missing person was at home during the time that the police showed up at our house. And also, her brother had recently been busted with pot. He was charged with minor possession, but I know the person that was with him when he was busted, and he said that the cops charged him with intent, but later reversed that decision because he narked on someone. When I spoke to the supposed missing girl a few days later, she said, “I am sorry about what happened. It was my brother’s fault. I was at home the entire time.” Can I get these police on entering under false pretense – or should I just face the music and see where that goes? Also, please note that I will probably represent myself, since I have studied law to a minor degree and I do not have the money for a lawyer nor do I want to use the one that can be provided to me.)
I'll give my story below. If anyone has any suggestions as to what action I should take from this point, please post.
I was asleep at 3 a.m. on June 21st when two officers entered my room and pulled me out of bed at gun point. When I came to my senses, they told me that they had arrived at my house looking for a missing teenager (who I knew, but had never been to my house) and they had seen pot laying out on the table when my roommate allowed them to enter with the stated purpose of looking for this girl. However, the police had been at the house 30 minutes before they knew I was in one of the bedrooms – the missing girl could have been there for all they knew, but they did not seem to be concerned with that. I was then taken outside and handcuffed to my deck, where I waited 20 minutes until DTF showed up. They asked if they could search the house - I denied them and everyone left except the first 2 officers. My roommate, his brother, one of our friends, and myself where detained the entire time that DTF was gone. DTF showed back up 5 hours later with a search warrant, and found a little over 4 grams of meth, 1/2 gram of coke, less than an ounce of pot, 3 sets of scales, sandwich bags, around $2,000 cash, and 2 WW2 collector rifles. I took most the the charges on me: I was charged with pot with intent, meth with intent, possession of cocaine, and possession of a firearm in commission of a crime. It's obvious that I sold pot at times to support my habit, but I did not sell meth - which is a serious offense. The meth that the police found was in one bag, and there were no little baggies in the house. I am hoping I can get that charge down to possession, because that's exactly what it was there for.
I am 20 years old, a full time college student for the last 3 years, and I am very academic - I have a GPA of 3.8 and I have been on the deans list the entire time of my college career. I have never been in any sort of trouble before, so I am hoping to plead first offender. I am meeting with a rehab councilor tomorrow to be evaluated. And then I am going to go ahead and go to rehab no matter the outcome of my trail - if I have one at all, since I may do a plea bargain because I don't have much money to spend on a lawyer. In doing this, I am hoping to show to the DA and judge that I am willing to change, and I no longer wish to use drugs. In essence, tell them that I was wrong and won't do it again.
Please advise.
(NOTE: my roommate’s lawyer has already discovered that the supposed missing person was at home during the time that the police showed up at our house. And also, her brother had recently been busted with pot. He was charged with minor possession, but I know the person that was with him when he was busted, and he said that the cops charged him with intent, but later reversed that decision because he narked on someone. When I spoke to the supposed missing girl a few days later, she said, “I am sorry about what happened. It was my brother’s fault. I was at home the entire time.” Can I get these police on entering under false pretense – or should I just face the music and see where that goes? Also, please note that I will probably represent myself, since I have studied law to a minor degree and I do not have the money for a lawyer nor do I want to use the one that can be provided to me.)
