Legal advice needed...
 

I got in some trouble and need some advice. If you know or know anyone who knows legal stuff please help out.

I was picked on the 14th of Dec for DUI and Possession with intent to sell. I spent 2-1/2 days in LA County Jail, to be released on the morning of the 17th. I was never charged for anything or saw a judge. It was explained to me by other inmates that they had 72 hours to charge or release me. I was also told that once released that they couldn't press charges since I already served time.

Skip to today, in the mail I recieved a letter from the Cali Highway Patrol. It states that I'm due in court on the 23rd of March for the charges that I was originally taken in for.


The confusion comes with what I was told in jail. I ran this by several friends who have served time and they pretty much confirmed what I was told. Obviously none of us are lawyers so we really don't know.

Would anyone like to share some insight if they could. I don't want to spend 2k on a lawyer just to have them get me off cause I already served.


THANKS.... Shagg.

ummmmmmmmmmmmm i would say..talk to a lawyer asap

my advice would be.. don't drink and drive and don't do drugs but that doesn't help you out now

duh! that goes without sayin, you play with fire you get burnt.

but on a side note, you dont have to have anything illegal to get intent to sell. i was once held on "intent to sell" what did i have? i had 5 freaking darvacets from when my mom was dying of cancer. they were 5 years old and found in my glove box med box.....hmmmmmmmm now was i really trying to sell or were they being asses? so good luck and get that lawyer asap! and next time dont be a freaking idiot!

you need a lawyer NOW

Just because you werent actually told you were being charged didnt mean your paper work wasnt being done.....The court date wouldnt be any time soon after the arrest ( 1 week or 2) I takes along time for the paper work and everything to get to you...but yes definetly talk to a lawyer.......good luck and be ready to shell out some :dollar: :dollar: :dollar:

last time I checked they had to explain to you what laws you had broken, how you broke those laws and had you sign a piece of paper saying they did that.. that's what happened when I got pulled over and I'd think it'd be the samething with this :confused:

^those are for traffic violations only. the intent to sell doesnt need a siggy. my dads a cop.

as for can they charge you, im not to sure. but i can find out.

^ pls do.

well state laws are different from state to state. but your situation sucks.

get a lawyer....might get a reduced sentence if its ur first offence...maybe just a big fine...who knows...:paranoid: :|

Good luck hun... no lawyer took my case for my accident.. so.. im stuck with $45Grand in med bills...

Get a lawyer, get a lawyer, GET A FUCKING LAWYER. No matter how safe you think you are, there's always a bunch of bullshit people tell about the law. For some reason people still think that if you ask someone if they're a cop, they have to answer honestly. Dumbasses. The charge/release law does apply to some states, but for some reason I doubt Cali is one of them. They seem so gung-ho to get rid of any kind of crime that they'd do away with shit like that. If you got popped on the DUI, I at least hope you didn't take a breathalizer or take the field sobriety test (if you were actually drunk). That'll give you a lot of wiggle room on a DUI charge. As for the possession charge...you're pretty much screwed if they decide to go on with the charges and they can prove you had an illegal substance.

my dad doesnt know about other states, but in iowa its TRUE!