Possesion of Marijuana Charge in Michigan

Cop pulls me (the driver) and a friend (passenger) over after I went to drop him off at his car in a Wendy's parking lot where I met him earlier (he followed us from the Walmart parking lot near by, claiming it was "suspicious" we got in my car after leaving the store, sat there for a second then left- cop claims there's lots of retail fraud going on in the area.)

He pulls up, we give him our licenses and pulls me out of the car, asking why it smelled heavily of cologne and eventually asking how much weed is in the car. He tells me to pull out any weed or weed-related paraphernalia and I won't go to jail that night, but if I miss anything when he searches the car afterwards I'd be arrested. I hand over two bags of weed, combined total of no more than 2 grams, a grinder, a bong and three bowls. He flashes his flashlight in my car, which is a little messy as I haven't had time to clean it, and calls me the laziest pothead he's ever seen in his life.

I also bring up the fact that there's some empty beer bottles and about a 1/4 bottle of wine in the car since he's gonna search it anyways, but that's apparently "okay" since he can tell I'm not drunk and of age to buy alcohol. Oh yeah, he didn't even end up searching the car on his own like he said he would.

Well he goes back to his car with our licenses for a solid 15 minutes while we wait in my car, comes back and says I'm going to be receiving something in the mail about a 93 day misdemeanor possession of marijuana charge and that I'll probably get probation.

Now, my questions are as follows:

How long does it typically take to receive this notice in the mail? I know it depends on how quick they can process it at the office but is it usually a quick process?

This is my first criminal offense of any kind, is conditional discharge common?

I'm a broke college kid, what should I do about hiring a lawyer with next to no money?

Any input or experiences on the topic are much appreciated, and I'm well aware that this is my fault and I'm responsible for my actions so please save the "shouldn't of done that" speeches.

I'm from Livingston County, Michigan.

Thanks.

 

I can't afford a lawyer, how exactly do pro bono lawyers work? I don't understand why they'll represent your case if they don't get anything out of it (if I'm correct on how this works)?

They do. I don't have any qualifying conditions under the MMMA nor past doctor documentation to back it up so I've been put off on trying to get one.

How do I go about getting in contact with a court-appointed lawyer? Do you know the process?

I actually go to school in Ann Arbor and just the other day I was thinking about how drastically different the weed laws are there verses where I live 30 minutes away.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

I'm assuming he let that slide, as he didn't say anything about drug paraphernalia charges, just possession.