damn its a lot in NC...where at?
spencer. why, do you live in NC?
rowan county sucks ass on drugs. the NORML website is bullshit when it really comes down to it. at least in NC, the counties are the determinants of your fate in the end. for example, I contacted an attorney from NC's NormL website and asked for a consultation. I visited his office and he laid it out for me like this...
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Basically, if you were busted somewhere like Raleigh or Winston-Salem, you would get a lesser sentence. Your county is particularly tough on drugs. They push for non-violent felony arrests for a number of reasons.
sucks to be here pretty much...
fuck dude i got busted with like 7 gs of shake and a xannax and i got fuckin 15 months prob 120 hrs community service and 3 classes and a evaluation, now that i read other peoples bust i got straight fucked! i guess the class A xannax got me??
but dam man consider your self lucky. So the dead plants they didnt do anything with??
later
wow. if you got busted that harsh in NC for that, i'm very surprised. have a bad record already? from what i gathered, a lot of your sentencing depends on the judge you are set in front of. if he/she is a major drug asshole, you're gonna get a shitty sentence. most attorneys know how to circumvent those judges and find one that is more tolerant of drugs, ESPECIALLY just marijuana.
I am very sorry to hear about all that nonsense for a quarterbag and a pill.
The dead plants, the weed, the pipes, everything were sent to a lab in Raleigh. There isn't a drug exam lab in Rowan County. That is a huge benefit for anyone growing drugs here b/c it takes so long to have specimens examined. this situation probably tends to hinder the effectiveness of the system analyzing narcotics.
When i went to court, none of the lab results were discussed. the district attorney didn't have any information on it. so, nothing that i had confiscated was presented in court as evidence or anything.
I sat in my chair while my lawyer spoke behind closed doors with the judge and district attorney. he came out, we got the plea bargain, and i met with my probation officer a month later. REALLY funny thing is that i smoked up until 6 days before my first meeting with the PO and i had a piss test. I totally passed it!
I did have to spend one night in jail b/c the phones are so fucked up in there. I couldn't get in touch w/ anyone. So here I am now pretty much living like i did before i was busted (but totally legal), just a little more careful.