OMG BUST! PLEASE READ, ADVICE PLEASE!!!!

[search1st]

I wouldn't turn myself in and admit to ANYTHING just to get off my friends who were watching my grow. For all you know they did something dumb that made the cops bust them. Also, as you say, perhaps you and they will BOTH be charged anyway, no matter what you say. Ask an attorney how to handle it.

It is fine to ask for an attorney for a referral to a criminal attorney who handles drug TRIALS (some attorneys may mainly plea bargain, and don't have much experience with trails). When you meet with your attorney, ask SPECIFICALLY how many similar cases (pot and pot growing) he has handled, how many went to trial, and how many he was WON. He has to tell you the truth so you CAN take his word (and he WILL know the numbers, so don't be shy asking). He can also advise you whether to plea bargain, or go to trail.

I can only speak about laws in the USA.

There will most likely be a warrant out for your arrest. Your attorney can find this out without YOU having to yourself. Usually you have to go to the police station and fill-out a form (and pay a few dollars) to see if you have any outstanding warrants. So, you really can't do that safely yourself.

If you can't afford an attorney to defend you all the way through plea bargaining or trial, after you turn yourself in (if that's what your attorney recommends) you will be assigned a public defender. These attorneys are sometimes fine, but it is of course better to have hired one of your choosing.

Your bond will be 10% the bail, so make sure your attorney (or someone trustworthy) can handle bailing you out, perhaps the same day you turn yourself in and are "booked" (finger printed, mug-shot and locked up in the local jail). A bail bondsman can handle that stuff, too (perhaps for less money than paying your attorney). A bail bondsman will accept security to cover the bond (such as anything of value, I suppose).

Do look up the statutes in your state that have to do with possession and growing. NORMAL has a brief run-down of them, but you might as well bone-up on what is on your state's laws, if those are the ones you'd be concerned with in the Netherlands. It's good to know the laws (statutes) as well as (or better) than your attorney.

[jsn9333]

As it has been said... find an attorney with criminal drug case experience. I would recommend it even if you have to go into debt for it. And do not answer any questions about the situation without your attorney present.

Please keep us updated as to how things go. It seems like people ask for advice here and then we never hear. I always wonder how it works out.

I'm sorry to hear about your situation.

[8182KSKUSH]

Wow.
Tough spot to be in really. Big Problem is that the police have surely gotten information from your friends, most people in that situation will say anything and it is not good for you. You should have a lawyer by now, but again, you can't account for the damage that has been done, hopefully a good lawyer will save your ass and hopefully your friends have gotten lawyers as well, if not they need to.

[8182KSKUSH]

Please keep us updated as to how things go. It seems like people ask for advice here and then we never hear. I always wonder how it works out.

I'm sorry to hear about your situation.

Is that because they are in jail? Had to say it sorry.

[phatsesh101]

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[samjackson]

Then go to this site and read every bit of it:
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Don't let your first impression of the site sway your actions. Read and understand the Brotherhood's instructions. Join the Brotherhood and free yourself and your friends. Be courageous in your defense of yourself and your rights.

Humbly,
Brother Jack

stinkyattic,

Of course, your wishes will be respected. Know this, I gain nothing from making this information public. There are no commercial links to on site posted. It made available out of a sense of duty by others, not by me. My own sense of duty prompted me to post it.

If you like, I would be very happy to discuss, in a private forum, the information that is provided through the link.

Little would be served, I think, by a public discussion. It's up to you. Delete this post if you want or publicly denounce it. As I said, I gain nothing, one way or the other.

Humbly yours.

[bigfatpothead]

What is going on?

[jsn9333]

Whatever you do, do not listen to this guy. You will not only lose your case, but you will be laughed at in the middle of the courtroom as well, by any legal professional present including the judge. I do not know what he gains from telling people to do this, but I guarantee you this... if there were a secret method to ensure that charges against you could be attacked in this way, trust me... everyone would be using it. I'm in a top-tier law school, I have researched national and state trends in religious justification for cannabis use and cultivation, and have looked into this guys claims.

Then go to this site and read every bit of it: (site removed) Bill of Particulars and Special[/url]

Don't let your first impression of the site sway your actions. Read and understand the Brotherhood's instructions. Join the Brotherhood and free yourself and your friends. Be courageous in your defense of yourself and your rights.

Humbly,
Brother Jack

[jsn9333]

Is that because they are in jail? Had to say it sorry.

I know... that is the scary thing. It's like you never hear from these people again. Almost makes me want to stop growing. Almost. ;-)

This is, however, why I would never grow in my own home. In my state, at least, they'll not only jail you forever... they'll even take the home you worked so hard for.

[stinkyattic]

Do not listen to anything that samjackson and bigfatpothead have to say.

There have already been several SPAM warnings sent out... hint hint: Guys... get lost. Your cavalier (and FUCKING STUPID) approach to fixing others' legal problems with your fake 'religion' is pure irresponsibility. This is NOT a game when someone's freedom is at stake. I'd like to see you in the same situation, running to get a real lawyer...

Site rules explicitly prohibit handing out irresponsible medical and legal advice... this is the LAST time I want to see any mention of your little club here. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.