so yeah...i got arrested today

out of all the days to get busted it had to be today :eek: anyway im in quite a jam,and was hoping you guys could give me some sort of advice on this. heres the situation im in:i ditched my school(by the way,im a sr.,18) to go to another one down the street a couple miles to go smoke with my freinds. needless to say i brought my bong and weed with me and left it in my car(yes i knew it was a bad idea,but i thought i was friends with the admin,so i figured they wouldnt hassle me)so i go in to the gym where all the srs are cuz every1 else is testing.so right as i walk in this guy comes up to me and asks if i go to the school,i say yes and he say ok so i go and sit down.i guess while i was going to take a seat he went to the office to check if i went there,because when i sat down he pulled me out of the gym.he asked me if i went to the school and i said no.he then said good,now i have you for trespassing and called the campus cop to come get me. after 10 minutes of interigation,he was convinced something was up and asked to search my car,i couldnt say no so we went to my car.when he opened the door he saw shake on the floor....it went down hill from there.he found everything and started reading me my rights(it was kinda funny cuz he was gunna have me drive home until he did the eye thing).so now i have a misdeanor(that might not b alot to some of u but it is to)and possible expulsion.The only hope i have is that if i can raise $900 i can get an attorney to lower it to disturbing the peace

AW CRAP.....Well at least get the lawyer.....

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Originally Posted by nicenate

...he was convinced something was up and asked to search my car,i couldnt say no so...

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Of course you can. You always have the right to refuse a request for a property search. Refusing permission for a search may make the officer suspicious, but it is NOT grounds for probable cause. He may or may not find probable cause to conduct a search later on, but you generally have little to lose at that point by refusing a search.

Yes, you may encounter a cop here or there who is willing to lie about conditions in order to demostrate probable cause, but for the most part, police won't chance lying in court to any significant degree. Doing so has severe penalties for law enforcement personnel, if caught.

Yeah but you know the way it is they can just get backup with warrant if they really want to....

If you refused the search, they would have called a dog in real quick. Best you can do now is get a good lawyer. That sucks man, good luck

Yeah man get a good lawyer. My buddy got caught with a pound and got a good lawyer and got off with a fine and community service.

the reason i couldnt say no is because it was on school grounds

wow sux. good luck man i got busted one time n that sux like hell. cops are definitly cock suckers

man my buddy got caught at school today too...which lick balls.

No your rights. say no. if he says it will be easier ask to see a warrant. He goes to get it, o oops, it take 12 hours. OUCH cop