bjohnson27
Junior Member
I received a ticket for a Minor in Possession. I was driving to the store and originally was pulled over for running a stop sign. Which might I add, I didn't even do. I stopped and had to pull forward to see around the bush in the way. When I was pulled over, he shined the lights on me and I had to duck because they were so bright. He came to my window and said I was hiding something underneath my seat. In the back of my car were two tubs full of empty cans I was going to recycle, so my car smelled of beer. He asked if I had been drinking and continued to give me the eye to finger test. He asked him if he could search my car and I told him he could - there was nothing in it I needed to hide. So after pulling me out, he breathalyzed me, which I passed, and searched my car. He found some beer in a brown paper bag in the back seat. He said they were still cold (my car has been sitting outside all day and it is 11:30 at night) and that I must of just got them out of the fridge.
The night before, I was sober driving people around. People were in and out of my car all night long and one of them must have left the bag in my car. I had no idea that it was in there at all. It is a matter of me being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I was charged with 23224 a cvc: Driver Under 21 with alcohol.
What are my defenses to this charge? Can I argue that I should not of even been pulled over in the first place as I did stop at the stop sign? I had no clue there was alcohol in my car and am being charged with something I did not do. I have already decided that I am going to fight it, I will not admit guilt to something I did not do. So where do I go from there?
The night before, I was sober driving people around. People were in and out of my car all night long and one of them must have left the bag in my car. I had no idea that it was in there at all. It is a matter of me being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I was charged with 23224 a cvc: Driver Under 21 with alcohol.
What are my defenses to this charge? Can I argue that I should not of even been pulled over in the first place as I did stop at the stop sign? I had no clue there was alcohol in my car and am being charged with something I did not do. I have already decided that I am going to fight it, I will not admit guilt to something I did not do. So where do I go from there?