Alabama marijuana MMS, am i really going to jail for 3 years for 6 plants in the closet?
I live in alabama, madision county (huntsville) and i got caught with a small personal grow in my closet (6 small immature plants) and i was looking at the alabama marijuana laws and it says alabama has law with MMS (mandatory min sentencing). Through further reading i found that the judge has no power to sentence a person to less than the MMS. So am i (a peacful college student that never hurt anybody) really going to jail for 3 years?
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Dude, bring a toothbrush to court.
I doubt it. Hopefully they won’t bother spending even more taxes on people for crap like this. If there is one thing I’d like the messiah to do and that would be to legalize it.
Ask an attorney maybe you can plea bargain to something that never makes it to the judge. A different count or something.
Good luck.
your best hope is to get the conviction set aside. mandatory minimums destroy homes and families, and ruin the future careers of college students like yourself.
get the lawyer to plea for dismissal on the grounds that… well on any grounds you can come up with (clean record, limited number of plants, the whole college thing, ruining your life, etc).
In the State of Alabama, Alabama Criminal Code 13A-12-217, the offense is Unlawful Manufacture of a Controlled Substance 2nd Degree. It is a felony offense carrying no less than one year and a day in jail.
Because you’re in college and hopefully never in trouble before you will most likely receive a stiff monetary fine, court costs and fees, plus a lengthy probation, and maybe a suspended sentence.
In Alabama, you can apply for Youthful Offender or Pre-Trial Diversion.
Talk to your attorney soon!
In louisiana you can get life in prison for the third offense. I have been busted for weed five times and ended up plea bargaining each time.Even in our backward states they dont lock us up for marijuana. FREE THA WEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MOVE TO CALIFORNIA
Man that sucks all the ass in the world! You were growing a freaking plant that can’t hurt you at all. They should be arresting people who have Poison ivy growing on their property. That stuff will mess you up.
You better check and make sure your financial aid for college isn’t going to be revoked because mine was for a damn year for Possession and Paraphernalia. Mine fines total cost me $250 and they screwed my school up for a year over a harmless plant