Quote Originally Posted by hubrock
make you wait till they get a warrant? BULLSHIT dude... if you are not under arrest, you are FREE TO LEAVE. but thats too late now, cuz u stayed.

i know nothing of american law, other than what i see on law and order, so dont lsten to me
Yeah, you really shouldn't give advice if all you have seen about American law is from Law and Order ( I wish I could make that sound right here!) You can be detained where you are not under arrest but you are not free to go. They are detaining you while they are conducting the investigation for whatever various reasons whether it is to determine if a crime has been committed to securing the location while a warrant is being applied for to prevent evidence from being destroyed to whatever.

Quote Originally Posted by kg2012
I'm going to have to get a court apointed lawyer, should I even plead not gulity, and face the risk of being fined more, or pay the fine and work it off my record?
I have the pre-trail coming up very soon...like tomorrow.
Wow, you and the prosecutors and maybe the police are going to go for a hike?!?!! LOL

Also, way to wait til the last minute!

Get at least a court apppointed attorney. It's not like you plead not guilty and they jack the fines up on you. A more accurate description would be that you are offered a lower or lesser sentence or a lesser punishment if you make it easy for them and plead guilty. If you go in there and plead guilty without working out a deal then you have made it very easy on them to really stick it to you. Get a lawyer. Plead not guilty. If they offer you a deal you can live with then take it but in this case I would hold out.

When you opened the door, could you see any contraband in plain sight from the doorway? Who was in what room with what and where were the cops? Did anyone give consent to let them in or search? Why was the female searched? Was it a weapons pat down? Was she under arrest?

You may want to give a more detailed explanation of what happened. Detaining you for 2 hours to get the warrant probably isn't going to be an issue but if they applied for the warrant with the products of an illegal search, you might stand a chance.