Minor in Consumption, what now?

[Ttech08]

State: Texas

As the title indicates, I received a MIC. It was my birthday (20th) and my friends threw me a party. Long story short, the police come and decide I am the only one out of 100+ who should get a ticket. They asked if I had been drinking and I told them I had about a beer and a half. The officer then told me that if I wanted to play "games" he could simply arrest me and give everyone tickets. I don't really know why he said that, but I simply apologized and remained confused.

I wasn't breathalyzed or given any form of sobriety test, but I am aware that admitting to it counts. My main question is what the heck do I do? I haven't gotten a ticket before and am kinda lost on where to go from here and have no clue what the consequence typically are.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

 

[JETX]

where to go from here

Pretty simple. Show up at court on the time/date ordered and present your plea.

and have no clue what the consequence typically are.

Texas takes underage alcohol pretty seriously.

MIP is a Class "C" misdemeanor punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00. However, if a minor has 2 or more prior convictions, the punishment is a fine of not less than $250.00 or more than $2,000.00 and/or confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 6 months!

The court shall order a convicted minor to perform community service for not less than 8 or more than 12 hours. However, if he has a prior conviction, the community service is not less than 20 hours or more than 40 hours.

The court shall order the Department of Public Safety to suspend the minor’s driver’s license or permit or, if he does not have one, to deny the issuance of one for: 30 days if he has no prior convictions; 60 days if he has one prior conviction; or 6 months if he has 2 prior convictions. For the purpose of determining whether a minor has a prior conviction, an order of deferred adjudication for a prior offense is considered a conviction!

The court shall require a convicted minor who has not been previously convicted to attend an alcohol awareness course approved by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. If he has been previously convicted, the court may require him to attend the course.

 

[Ttech08]

Everyone keeps telling me to just show up when I am supposed to. Am I supposed to have that information? I have no details on where to go or when to be there on the ticket.

 

[JETX]

Everyone keeps telling me to just show up when I am supposed to. Am I supposed to have that information? I have no details on where to go or when to be there on the ticket.

The ticket should show a court and date/time.
Who (what agency) issued the citation??
If a city law enforcement, contact the city court.
If a county or DPS officer, contact the local JP court (where the incident occurred).