Hello, thanks for reading what I am about to entail upon you. I am a 20-year-old male, with no prior conviction record, living in Kansas. In October I had officers come into my house/apartment (I share with roommates, one of them let them in). While the officers were in my house I was in my room with three friends while I worked on my computer, as I'm a computer programmer. There was reminiscent smoke in my room, of what they inferred by smell was marijuana. They questioned my friends first, before questioning or even supervising me; perhaps because I'm in a wheelchair.
When all of my friends denied having marijuana, I said that I had finished a blunt and that I smoke occasionally for medicinal purposes (spasticity in my legs, lordosis, scholiosis, bladder spasms, upper-back & neck pain from metal rods, and stomach pain caused by lordosis). One of the officers searched my room and didn't find anything, because I didn't have anything left. When I asked the officers why they were there, there was a hiatus, then a quick response of "We received a call from someone who was outside whom said they smelled marijuana" from one of them. After all was said and done, my friend and roommate was arrested upon a warrant (traffic violation) of which I believe was their purpose there in the first place. The officer proceeded to tell me that they couldn't arrest my other two friends and I because they couldn't find any evidence.
Well, today I had an officer in plain clothes come by to drop off a court summons for that past event. I wasn't available, so he left it with my roommate, and therefore I didn't sign it. It says I violated the 22-91 ordinance (Possession of Marijuana). I would like to know if this could hold up in court. I'm pleading not guilty, as I shouldn't be charged with this "crime." I'm going to schedule an appointment with the DA here tomorrow to see if this could be dropped immediately by looking into the police report. I would like mature, serious, and literate responses to this please.
When all of my friends denied having marijuana, I said that I had finished a blunt and that I smoke occasionally for medicinal purposes (spasticity in my legs, lordosis, scholiosis, bladder spasms, upper-back & neck pain from metal rods, and stomach pain caused by lordosis). One of the officers searched my room and didn't find anything, because I didn't have anything left. When I asked the officers why they were there, there was a hiatus, then a quick response of "We received a call from someone who was outside whom said they smelled marijuana" from one of them. After all was said and done, my friend and roommate was arrested upon a warrant (traffic violation) of which I believe was their purpose there in the first place. The officer proceeded to tell me that they couldn't arrest my other two friends and I because they couldn't find any evidence.
Well, today I had an officer in plain clothes come by to drop off a court summons for that past event. I wasn't available, so he left it with my roommate, and therefore I didn't sign it. It says I violated the 22-91 ordinance (Possession of Marijuana). I would like to know if this could hold up in court. I'm pleading not guilty, as I shouldn't be charged with this "crime." I'm going to schedule an appointment with the DA here tomorrow to see if this could be dropped immediately by looking into the police report. I would like mature, serious, and literate responses to this please.
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