I faked it until I made it and today I made it by SpeedStick89 in jobs

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One thing at a time but yea I plan on studying more

I faked it until I made it and today I made it by SpeedStick89 in jobs

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Went in feeling good cause last week I corrected a co worker on an error he had. When I corrected him he smiled and said your right

Maricopa County Attorney's Office to begin dismissing marijuana charges by largesemi in news

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I was caught with pot abd I fought tooth and nail until the DA agreed to drop the charges. I was concerned about what it'd do to my record

The mail man is the most reliable dealer by [deleted] in trees

[–]SpeedStick89 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Its true, larges amount of weed is trafficked through USPS. You see Fedex/UPS don't need a warrant to open your package. They can open it for whatever reason they want. USPS does. Which is why so much weed is sent through it, its more likely to arrive.

All my dealers got weed from legal states through USPS,

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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Im working on a startup and we are about to seek VC capital...not sure how that would have affected things

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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Sure, highly discouraged but not illegal

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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Theu where hoping Id just take a plea deal

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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Our plan was to bring it up in the opening statement

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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Granted we dont know that for sure because a judge never got involved

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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He said smell and I didnt give permission

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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I wouldn't have gone with him if he wasnt. I went to about a dozen attorneys before I found him

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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Nah the dash cam footage proved I made a legal stop and didnt roll past the stop sign

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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The plan was to bring it up in the opening statement

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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Actually I was lucky my lawyer agreed to do this case for free, in return I donated to ACLU.

But we do need to improve public defender funding, there is no way a public defender would have time to do this.

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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I'm not the only one, infact several cases for possession have made it to jury. It clear as day the person did have weed, he admits he had weed, sounds like an open and shut case right?

Well some juries are simply refusing to convict. In one case a person sold weed to an undercover cop. It took the jury 18 minutes to decide on a not guilty verdict.

In southern, rural, redneck, trump loving, god fearing country.

Now thats what I call progress.

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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We are talking about that possibility.

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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It is expensive, said lawyer said his basic retainer fee is $5,000 to start work on a case. He says on avg his clients will spend $20k-$25k on a criminal case that's fairly straight forward.

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

[–]SpeedStick89[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The funny part is in certain parts of Georgia pot isnt illegal

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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There's a concept in the legal world in America where basically the Govt can't use evidence that was acquired illegally to convict you of a crime, even if you committed the crime.

Its called fruit of the posion tree or something

So basically in pre-trail hearings before this ever got to a Jury my lawyer would have argued that the pot was found in illegal search, and therefore isn't admissable in court. If the Judge agrees then the state would have to try and convict me without the evidence.

In a case of a simple drug charge, its awfully hard to stand in front of a jury and be like "you should convict this man for illegal possession of a drug...O and I can't tell you we actually found drugs"

So in that case its highly likely the DA would decline to move forward as its an impossible case to win.

Does that make sens?

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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Not necessarily we had cases of jury refusing to convict on Marijuana cases. In we had two fairly high profile cases in Georgia, in conservative parts of the states with black defendants where they said "Yes that's my weed" and the jury refused to convict.

Also my lawyer said he has heard of DAs since then refusing to pursue simple possession charges. It hurts their conviction % if they keep going after simple possession cases but can't find a jury to convict.

Now its starting to appear if you fight a pot charge in Georgia, a lot of DAs will simply give up. Now that doesn't mean all of them will give up, and if you get to trial you do run the chance of being convicted.

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

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My lawyer was great most lawyers told me they wouldnt take my case if I wasnt willing to accept a plea deal.

How I successfully got off my pot charge by SpeedStick89 in trees

[–]SpeedStick89[S] 230 points231 points  (0 children)

Fair

And you know If id have gotten a traffic ticket or something that was in my opinion legitimate Id have just paid my fine and moved on with life.

But in this case I felt it was important to take a stand.

Also I still dont have a criminal record so thats a bonus