For starters, i live in Oregon. The weed laws are pretty relaxed here but i need to know whats gonna happen to me. I got caught with a gram of weed and got a violation which is pretty much a traffic ticket. I have court in 5 days and am guessing that the fine will be $100-200. Anyone in oregon know if anything else will happen? I have a clean record by the way.
It's just like a traffic ticket. You can go to court and contest it and hope to get the fine lowered, but that may or may not happen. Otherwise, you just get to pay the fine and go on your way.
You should be good, even in TX something like this would end up a slap on the wrist for a person with a clean record. Can't say much about Oregon, but I recommend looking up the laws for yourself because knowing what is going to happen from the letter of the law is usually very helpful.
In Oregon, possession of an ounce is just a "violation". Not much different than a speeding ticket. You'll only get a ticket for it. And like any other ticket, you can go to court and try to have the fine lowered. No guarantee that will work though. Worst comes to worst, all you gotta do is pay a fine...
I don't see why that would even come up. You're getting, very literally, a ticket. It's a fine for being naughty. There's no expectation that you would quit smoking. If a judge asks you that, I guess it just might be a bitchy judge who wants you to get the highest fine possible. So deny it if you want to, doesn't really matter either way.
ive been caught twice, first time fine was over $800 and 1 year probation, second time i got caught (about two months after the first) i got another fine this time over $1000, and i lost my license (i did pizza delivery) witch means i had to quit my job were i was working at every day makeing $400-500 a week..... it pretty much fucked up my life. here i am months later just found a job makeing maby 140 a week stuck takeing public transportation to work and back. its such bull shit. and i live in NJ by the way
[quote name='"blackbmx"']ive been caught twice, first time fine was over $800 and 1 year probation, second time i got caught (about two months after the first) i got another fine this time over $1000, and i lost my license (i did pizza delivery) witch means i had to quit my job were i was working at every day makeing $400-500 a week..... it pretty much fucked up my life. here i am months later just found a job makeing maby 140 a week stuck takeing public transportation to work and back. its such bull shit. and i live in NJ by the way[/quote] Trust me man I know what you're talking about, before I left nj all my buddies got busted with possession because they went on a L ride down shady road, and there was like a cop checkpoint. They paid hella fines, and all got probation. Luckily for me, I was sleeping and I now live in California where it's practically legal...haha