johnnychan
Junior Member
Hello, I am a fulltime student attending university in Nova Scotia, Canada. I am not sure if I am writing this in the correct forum.
On my first night living in my dorm room, I got drunk and at around 1 am I went outside for a cigarette and brought a glass of beer with me. Upon leaving, there were 2 cops there and they called over to me and I proceeded to pour out my beer. They saw this happen, and began to yell at me and claim I was going to get ticketed. In my drunken state, I got angry at the cops and began to tell them I didn't think what they were doing was fair. Eventually I ended up being hand cuffed and taken to the drunk tank for the whole night. I would like to point out that I wasn't actually that drunk and by the time I got to the police station I was basically sober. When I was arrested I was about 10 steps away from my dorm and I still don't understand why the cops couldnt just let me return to my residence. While everyone else in the tank was either passed out or yelling beligerantly, I was calmly sitting counting down the seconds until I was let out.
Anyways, I also got a 120$ ticket for being drunk in public and a 450$ ticket for having alcohol in public. Obviously, 600$ is a huge sum of money for a full time student to pay.
I have a court date about a month and half from now, and I plan on either contesting the tickets or just asking for the mercy from the judge. I feel I could explain that being thrown in the drunk tank was punishment enough. Perhaps I could also simply explain that I made a mistake on my first night as a student, and that it won't happen again.
What is my best option for having the tickets either cancelled or reduced? What exactly should I say to the judge? Thanks so much for any advice.
On my first night living in my dorm room, I got drunk and at around 1 am I went outside for a cigarette and brought a glass of beer with me. Upon leaving, there were 2 cops there and they called over to me and I proceeded to pour out my beer. They saw this happen, and began to yell at me and claim I was going to get ticketed. In my drunken state, I got angry at the cops and began to tell them I didn't think what they were doing was fair. Eventually I ended up being hand cuffed and taken to the drunk tank for the whole night. I would like to point out that I wasn't actually that drunk and by the time I got to the police station I was basically sober. When I was arrested I was about 10 steps away from my dorm and I still don't understand why the cops couldnt just let me return to my residence. While everyone else in the tank was either passed out or yelling beligerantly, I was calmly sitting counting down the seconds until I was let out.
Anyways, I also got a 120$ ticket for being drunk in public and a 450$ ticket for having alcohol in public. Obviously, 600$ is a huge sum of money for a full time student to pay.
I have a court date about a month and half from now, and I plan on either contesting the tickets or just asking for the mercy from the judge. I feel I could explain that being thrown in the drunk tank was punishment enough. Perhaps I could also simply explain that I made a mistake on my first night as a student, and that it won't happen again.
What is my best option for having the tickets either cancelled or reduced? What exactly should I say to the judge? Thanks so much for any advice.
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