Just got busted for passing a joint

[angry nomad]

I was half drunk, dry (weedwise) looking to score a bag at fair in Maine. I ended up getting passed a roach from a guy sitting in a truck, I passed it to a minor who said no because he was high.

Undercover cops saw the whole thing. Doh!

I got charged with "attempted aggravated furnishing of a class "Z" drug."

On the NORML website it just lists possession, cultivation, and sale. I wish they listed furnishing. Weed is decriminalized in Maine. You can have one OUNCE on you and it is a "civil violation," not even a misdemeanor. (I contacted NORML and asked them to add furnishing to their website.)

With that in mind, I think it's ridiculous that I got charged with a misdemeanor for passing a joint.

The cop said if the minor took a hit, it would've been a felony.

Also, I did not get arrested. They did not read me my rights, they just gave me a summons.

Does that mean anything I said can be used against me in a court of law?

Hopefully the possession law makes me not guilty of furnishing since it was less than 1 1/4 oz of weed in the marijuana cigarette. That is what it looks like.

I am getting a NORML lawyer if I can.

Just wanted to mainly make people aware of the furnishing (passing a joint) law. I don't know what other states have them.

[Mississippi Steve]

so wtf were you doing smoking up in and around a motor vehicle?? and being "half drunk" too?? They could have packed it in your ass for that....

A little common sense goes a long way....and saying that common sense goes out the window when your stoned doesn't wash either.

What you do in the privacy of your own home is nobodys business but your own. As soon as you go out in public, your subject to scruteny.

Don't put yourself in a position where somebody has to do something about it.

[angry nomad]

so wtf were you doing smoking up in and around a motor vehicle?? and being "half drunk" too?? They could have packed it in your ass for that....

A little common sense goes a long way....and saying that common sense goes out the window when your stoned doesn't wash either.

What you do in the privacy of your own home is nobodys business but your own. As soon as you go out in public, your subject to scruteny.

Don't put yourself in a position where somebody has to do something about it.

Well dad, thanks for the scolding. Of course, what I did was stupid. The point of this post is to inform people of the furnish law.

[Zohar]

Well dad, thanks for the scolding. Of course, what I did was stupid. The point of this post is to inform people of the furnish law.

No offense, but you deserved to be scolded. That was not smart of you, but thank you for the warning. I hope you've learned something from all of this. Trust me, we feel for you (your father and I :thumbsup: ), but you've got to realize that was bad judgement anyway.

By the way, chances are you'll just get a ticket, especially if there was no prison time. I wouldn't worry too much, I"m not sure if you'll need a lawyer but it may be a good idea to talk to one quickly. Also, dress very well for the summons, don't wear casual clothes =D

[birdgirl73]

I won't scold you. It's obviously not necessary when you've long since taken care of that yourself. Not sure why others feel the need to do that, either.

You don't have to be read your Miranda rights unless you're being held, either arrested or just held "custodially," so you can be asked questions relating to the commission of a crime. You weren't arrested, held, or questioned. Just summoned to a court date because of the charge you received, so you didn't have to be Mirandized. It's a common misconception that everyone under all circumstances of arrest or detention must be Mirandized in the United States. Miranda rights have to do with questioning about a crime.
Miranda warning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_warning)

I suppose that anything you said could be used against you in court, but it's unlikely. Of course, I don't know what you said or admitted to. But what'll be used against you in this court proceeding is what the undercover cops witnessed.

[5016169]

Yikes that sucks

[NightProwler]

dude i live up in maine what fair were you at? anyways i was in school and got busted for having like .4 i begged the woman to just fucking throw it out but she was a fucking bitch and brought in the toughest cop they had to be all fucking mean to me and shit, it really fucking sucked i couldnt smoke for like 3 months.
today me and my friends were smokin a blunt, so there was lots of smoke, out in a feild and all of a sudden theres a big suv driving straight towards us, i had the blunt and i stamped it out with my fingers, (cuz theres this guy who normally maintains the feild and whever he's seen us hes come but we ran) so i figured it was the fucker trying to bust us... turns out it was some woman just like setiing up a picknick but for sokme fucking reason drive right by us. and nobody EVER drives on that feild or even has picknicks at it. but yeah my friend was all pissy that i stamped the blunt out but it was just a tinny roach anyways, and between me and all of you guys the blunt was a huge dissapointment, it was pulling way too tight and all the smoke was pretty much coming off the end. i wish i had rolled it lol.

[ganjzilla]

yeah i got busted at a college party once by a undercover and all i had on me was a joint i was soo pissed...but its all good, good luck with the preceedings

[rocktheganj]

under cover cops?

dude at the fair here [in south dakota] there are about 50 plain cops... it sucks, but this year we still got away with smoking on the farris wheel :jointsmile:

[angry nomad]

I won't scold you. It's obviously not necessary when you've long since taken care of that yourself. Not sure why others feel the need to do that, either.

You don't have to be read your Miranda rights unless you're being held, either arrested or just held "custodially," so you can be asked questions relating to the commission of a crime. You weren't arrested, held, or questioned. Just summoned to a court date because of the charge you received, so you didn't have to be Mirandized. It's a common misconception that everyone under all circumstances of arrest or detention must be Mirandized in the United States. Miranda rights have to do with questioning about a crime.
Miranda warning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_warning)

I suppose that anything you said could be used against you in court, but it's unlikely. Of course, I don't know what you said or admitted to. But what'll be used against you in this court proceeding is what the undercover cops witnessed.

Yeah. I think they did not read us our Miranda rights because they wanted to question us.

On another important note:
One kid drove the drug dealer (his friend.) Anyway, one of the cops said, "Did you know he had the pot on him when you drove him here?"

"Uhh..."

"Just tell us, we're going to find out anyway."

"Yeah."

Then that kid got charge with "transporting...." He should've just lied.

I thought about putting a disclaimer about how I knew it was stupid so I wouldn't get fingerwagging from all the e-daddies, but I just wanted to state facts.

The fair was in Union. There were a shitload of undercovers there.

[Markass]

lol, so you didn't expect it to be illegal to offer marijuana to a minor just because it's decriminalised??

[Kai as a kite]

I don't think he ever made that statement. Obviously, he knows what he did, and there's no need to rag on him. I mean, come on, I bet a good amount of us here break the law everyday. Good luck with everything nomad.

[LIP]

In England just passing a joint is the same as dealing.

But for personal use we're good, it's as good as decriminalised.

[darkside]

you should have eaten the roach. they cant charge you with anything if youre not in posession of anything. appearing to pass a joint is not illegal. posession of cannabis is.

[I Justburn 247]

heh yeah I wonder what woulda happened had you just swallowed it right in front of them. I mean it would have been pretty obvious what happened but really would they have any useable proof? I kinda wonder the same thing when me and my roommate go smoke a blunt near our campus. Supposedly there are undercovers their and stuff but honestly if anyone even attempted to approach us we would throw the blunt in the river we walk along. Could they do anything?

[angry nomad]

heh yeah I wonder what woulda happened had you just swallowed it right in front of them. I mean it would have been pretty obvious what happened but really would they have any useable proof? I kinda wonder the same thing when me and my roommate go smoke a blunt near our campus. Supposedly there are undercovers their and stuff but honestly if anyone even attempted to approach us we would throw the blunt in the river we walk along. Could they do anything?

Actually they did not even collect the roach as evidence. I did not get charged with possession, but "furnishing" which means passing a joint, or giving someone weed. There is the testimony of 3 undercover cops.

But, by what the law looks like to me, i am not guilty of furnishing, just possession, so I was wrongly charged.

[melodious fellow]

haha my stupid bible belt state does not have a furnishing law..

passing a jay to a MINOR= go directly to jail, do not pass go, no two-hundred dollars, no NORML lawyer...

i would be in jail for at least a few years...

[nolanfortwenty]

i got arrested today. me and a few guys were sitting at our usual spot at school, my one riend was busting up some weed for a joint, and 4 undercovers came out of nowhere, booked us all. they searched us and found a half o on my one friend, papes on another, i had dimes in my bag i totally forgot about, and my one buddy had nothing on him at all, and he got arrested just for being there. shitty day!

[Mississippi Steve]

i got arrested today. me and a few guys were sitting at our usual spot at school, my one riend was busting up some weed for a joint, and 4 undercovers came out of nowhere, booked us all. they searched us and found a half o on my one friend, papes on another, i had dimes in my bag i totally forgot about, and my one buddy had nothing on him at all, and he got arrested just for being there. shitty day!

Stoopid, stoopid, stoopid.

Peeps, read my lips.......

WEED AND SCHOOL DON"T MIX!!! WEED AND DRIVING DON"T MIX!!!

Anytime you toke outside of the privacy of *YOUR* own home, your subject to being BUSTED.....A little common sense goes a long way.

Before you get your panties in a wad, think a little....thinking doesn't hurt, I promise. Think about the consequesces of your actions....not *just* right now, but long term. I know thats hard to do for kids, but.... look at the ramifications of having a drug bust on your record if you try to get *ANY* government job, or get a security clearance, or your employer does a background check(most do these days), or....

Get the picture?? Don't fuck up your life because you were stoopid.