What is the name of your state? nj
Last summer I was pulled over in NJ while visiting a friend, I actually live in NC so I was driving a car with out of state plates. I was driving the speed limit down a rural road when a cop came speeding up behind me, riding my tail with so many lights blaring that I could barely see to pull over. (less than 24 hours before i'd been in the same area, tailed for several miles, and finally after i'd already gotten to my destination- the cop pulled in the drive way and said my registration wasn't "right." I gave him my registration card- it checked out with dispatch and he left me alone.) I pulled over in the first place that I could. I was with a person who had a bench warrant for unpaid parking tickets. The cop had me and my passenger out of the car and was searching us before he would even tell me what I was pulled over for. I passed all the sobriety checks, but in the search he found some paraphenalia, 1 full bag and one empty bag of heroin. He also found my travel case of prescription meds that were mine and legal for me to have- but they weren't in labeled pharmacy bottles. Needless to say I was arrested with my passenger. Eventually the cop told me I was pulled over for having a dirty liscense plate. It was no dirtier than normal & was read clearly the night before. During the arrest a second cop came to help. He put me in his car parked at the side of the road about 20ft behind mine- I said," i can read my plates as plain as day, the cop last night could too, do you mean to tell me you can't read my plate from here?" He just murmured something like it was his buddy's call. Once at the station, the cop eventually gave me all my meds back (after asking me what they were several times) but he kept 3 vicodin I had for an abcessed tooth. (which I did have a bottle for- he found it in the car) He said, "I don't need the paper work, so I'm doing you a favor- I'll give your meds back, but not the pain pills, I'm not going to take them, you understand, I'm getting rid of them." (very fishy.) I was told I'd be let go ROR, then he changed his mind & I had to pay 250 in bail, he never gave me a receipt of the things they confiscated including an antique mother of pearl cigarette case that was actually empty.
Because I live 600 miles away I took PTI for a year so I wouldn't have to keep going back and forth- but now it may go back to trial because I might get kicked out of PTI- do I have a leg to stand on when it comes to an illegal search? Also, last summer, I wasn't in my right mind- having been diagnosed as a manic depressive 10 years ago-my mental collapse last summer was well documented by my shrink, would this fact help my case?
Last summer I was pulled over in NJ while visiting a friend, I actually live in NC so I was driving a car with out of state plates. I was driving the speed limit down a rural road when a cop came speeding up behind me, riding my tail with so many lights blaring that I could barely see to pull over. (less than 24 hours before i'd been in the same area, tailed for several miles, and finally after i'd already gotten to my destination- the cop pulled in the drive way and said my registration wasn't "right." I gave him my registration card- it checked out with dispatch and he left me alone.) I pulled over in the first place that I could. I was with a person who had a bench warrant for unpaid parking tickets. The cop had me and my passenger out of the car and was searching us before he would even tell me what I was pulled over for. I passed all the sobriety checks, but in the search he found some paraphenalia, 1 full bag and one empty bag of heroin. He also found my travel case of prescription meds that were mine and legal for me to have- but they weren't in labeled pharmacy bottles. Needless to say I was arrested with my passenger. Eventually the cop told me I was pulled over for having a dirty liscense plate. It was no dirtier than normal & was read clearly the night before. During the arrest a second cop came to help. He put me in his car parked at the side of the road about 20ft behind mine- I said," i can read my plates as plain as day, the cop last night could too, do you mean to tell me you can't read my plate from here?" He just murmured something like it was his buddy's call. Once at the station, the cop eventually gave me all my meds back (after asking me what they were several times) but he kept 3 vicodin I had for an abcessed tooth. (which I did have a bottle for- he found it in the car) He said, "I don't need the paper work, so I'm doing you a favor- I'll give your meds back, but not the pain pills, I'm not going to take them, you understand, I'm getting rid of them." (very fishy.) I was told I'd be let go ROR, then he changed his mind & I had to pay 250 in bail, he never gave me a receipt of the things they confiscated including an antique mother of pearl cigarette case that was actually empty.
Because I live 600 miles away I took PTI for a year so I wouldn't have to keep going back and forth- but now it may go back to trial because I might get kicked out of PTI- do I have a leg to stand on when it comes to an illegal search? Also, last summer, I wasn't in my right mind- having been diagnosed as a manic depressive 10 years ago-my mental collapse last summer was well documented by my shrink, would this fact help my case?
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