HELP!!..WHAT ARE MY LEGAL RIGHTS HERE?!?!

[BunLengthHotDog]

I LOVE all these posts telling a 17 year old kid to get a lawyer...how do you guys think he will pay for such a service? He obviously has issues with being on his own (improper decision making etc), he just doesnt strike me as the kind of kid who would go get 2 jobs to pay the lawyers off, more likely try to get mommy and daddy to pay for it.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: BunLengthHotDog
I LOVE all these posts telling a 17 year old kid to get a lawyer...how do you guys think he will pay for such a service? He obviously has issues with being on his own (improper decision making etc), he just doesnt strike me as the kind of kid who would go get 2 jobs to pay the lawyers off, more likely try to get mommy and daddy to pay for it.

You don't always have to pay for a lawyer and if he's brought up on charges, the court will appoint one to you.

 

[Jzero]

Well he paid for 'Roids somehow....

 

[BunLengthHotDog]

I realise that a public defender will be appointed, it was the tone that some posters had about contacting a lawyer....17 y/o kids dont have the thought process of worrying about money issues being stacked on top of legal problems.

 

[Babbles]

"Hey mom and dad, can I have a couple grand so I can get a lawyer to take you guys down??!!"

hey if i have to go down they are goin with me...I dont want to live in this house but I get threatened with police action everytime i try to leave...its MY life I should get to make my own choices...i didnt hurt anybody else or even myself...

You are just a waste of our natural resources. A good cornholing in prision would do you good.

 

[KC5AV]

Originally posted by: Millennium

Originally posted by: bobcpg

Originally posted by: EnragedPC
...and please dont comment on steroids when u dont know anything about them....

they have to be illeagal for some reason.

Marijuana is illegal, so are automatic weapons. Neither should be. Your logic is flawed.

Sorry, but you're wrong. Automatic weapons are not illegal. They are just heavily regulated.
With the proper permits, you can own just about as many fully automatic firearms as you can
afford. Wanna try again?

 

[crt1530]

This thread is funny. So much stupidity.

There was a guy at my highschool who I know used steroids. My sister was friends with his sex-buddy. Apparently, 75% of the time, he was impotent. This was a 17-18 year old guy. I'm not sure if the problem was a physical one brought on by the steroid use, or a mental one due to some sort of inadequacy complex (which would also explain the steroid use). Either way, I think it is incredibly funny.

 

[yoda291]

ok...I don't get it.

You were KNOWINGLY in possession of a controlled substance without a doctor's approval.
You were caught with said substance by your parents.
Your parents took it up with the police.
and you seem shocked that the police are taking action?

also, all politics about the adverse effects of steroids aside, have you tried thinking about it from your parents point of view?
Obviously, we're not talking about brady bunch family values here to start.
I'm gonna assume that your parents are neither drug users nor pharmacists/doctors.
They search your room and find 100 someodd tabs they haven't seen b4, needles, and a bottle of test which they prolly can't ID.

I know in my house, if my parents found me HIDING 100 sugar cubes, they'd raise an alarm...let alone drug paraphenalia and a bottle of injectable liquid (correct me if I'm off here).

Now consider the following...you find 100 pills,needles,and a vial hidden from you...the first thought through your head is almost definitely not ... "oh...they're probably just aspirin and epoxy needles for craftswork".

Yet you feel your parents over reacted.

I must be missing something?

 

[TrueBlueLS]

Sorry EnragedPC, you screwed up. Own it. Steroids are illegal for a reason. I hope this will be a lesson you learn from and are able to move on to having a regular life once again. It wasn't easy for me owning up to why I got fired from my job earlier this year, but when it was brought forth to me... I took responsibilty. A stronger person will stay and face the consequences rather than run away from them to later be caught.

 

[MrYogi]

Did you lock your door? or may be a poster on your door facing outside saying that it is your private room?
Then they cannot enter without a warrant if you are not a minor.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: MrYogi
Did you lock your door? or may be a poster on your door facing outside saying that it is your private room?
Then they cannot enter without a warrant even if you are a minor.

Not true.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: MrYogi
Did you lock your door? or may be a poster on your door facing outside saying that it is your private room?
Then they cannot enter without a warrant even if you are a minor.

He doesn't own the room.

 

[MrYogi]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: MrYogi
Did you lock your door? or may be a poster on your door facing outside saying that it is your private room?
Then they cannot enter without a warrant even if you are a minor.

Not true.

I missed the point that you are a minor. sorry

 

Originally posted by: EnragedPC
Yes my parents are assholes...and please dont comment on steroids when u dont know anything about them....also they did NOT have a warrant..my parents just gave it to them like stupid peices of sh!t

They don't need a warrant. As long as they have consent from one inhabitant in the house (in this case, your parents) they're allowed to search the dwelling. Good luck though, sounds like you're in a really tough spot. Are you going to get in trouble, or do they just want to nab the seller?

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: MrYogi

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: MrYogi
Did you lock your door? or may be a poster on your door facing outside saying that it is your private room?
Then they cannot enter without a warrant even if you are a minor.

Not true.

If you can show that you are the only one dwelling in that area, cops need to have a warrant to enter. 😀

his parents own the room. It doesn't matter that he is the only one living there.

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: kranky
Parents searching your room: allowed
Parents turning your stuff over to the police: allowed
Parents giving permission for the cops to take the PC: allowed

I don't know about the police questioning.

Parents giving permission for the cops to take the PC: allowed

NOT IT IS NOT! LOL!

 

[SuperTool]

Man, your parents are massive a-holes. I understand if they sanction you, but to call the police is way over the top. Next time you see them do something minutely illegal or questionable, you call the police on them, see how they like that.. Call the IRS on them and get them audited.
Go through the whole building and see if there are any code violations, and call them in. If they so much as touch you in anger, call the police and report it as abuse. That will teach them to not use the police for family politics.
And see if you can get yourself emancipated.

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
Man, your parents are massive a-holes. I understand if they sanction you, but to call the police is way over the top. Next time you see them do something minutely illegal or questionable, you call the police on them, see how they like that.. Call the IRS on them and get them audited.
Go through the whole building and see if there are any code violations, and call them in. If they so much as touch you in anger, call the police and report it as abuse. That will teach them to not use the police for family politics.
And see if you can get yourself emancipated.

wow..really sorry to the rest but u have a point here...his parents were right to reprimand him but calling cops is
over the top...

but i won't worry too much...ur gonna be 18 soon, u weren't selling...u just used some...and the amts u
described are tiny so they can't really bomb ur ass. The thing thats more worrisome is your PC. Hope u have
no "contraband" material in there.

 

[XZeroII]

LOL. Sucks to be you, doesn't it, jerk. 😀

 

[mflacy]

It must suck to be EnragedPC's parents. I'd turn your stuff over to the cops too. You brought it on yourself by doing something illegal.

Take responsiblity for your actions or prepare to get raped by the police.

 

[TerryMathews]

Originally posted by: Tabb

Originally posted by: kranky
Parents searching your room: allowed
Parents turning your stuff over to the police: allowed
Parents giving permission for the cops to take the PC: allowed

I don't know about the police questioning.

Parents giving permission for the cops to take the PC: allowed

NOT IT IS NOT! LOL!

Erm, what? If the PC is in the parent's house, they can surrender it if they believe in good conscience that it was used in the comisison of a crime, even if it is not their PC.

Re: all the asshats talking about how bad the parents are. I said it once and I'll say it again. By not reporting the steroids they found, the parents would have opened themselves up to all sorts of charges including child abuse and neglect, which is a class A felony in some districts - IE pound-me-in-the-ass prison. And, what DA would let the parents of an under-age 'roid abuser plea-bargain? Nobody. It's a press nightmare.

 

[Sid59]

1. that sucks
2. you have ZERO rights
3. When do you turn 18? They plan on moving you out at 18?
4. Going to college? Far off? Dorms?
5. Have a job? Room for advancement?

if you think you can hack it and wanna bust your ass for your own place, do it.

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: wyvrn

It sounds to me like you're nowhere near READY to live on your own. Trust me on this one, once you get out on your own you'll be wishing you had a nice place to live where you didn't have to bust your ass 40+ hrs a week so at the end of the pay period you can give up over 80% of your income just to cover your bills and basic needs.

Ok I never had a problem working hard to have my own life. I would rather work two jobs and have my own place and rules then live at home and have to put up with overbearing parents (if his are in this case we do not know). But I have lived with manipulative, overbearing parents and it's not fun either.

If you feel you are really being wronged by your parents (and not just bitching), do this:


1) find a good job, work at it for 2 months, save as much as you can. Open your own bank account and tell NOONE.

2) Locate a good apartment and hopefully a roommate. Splitting bills is easier when u first start. Remember to live as far below your means as you can without putting yourself in jeopardy.

3) Move out when your parents aren't around. Don't give them your new number or address. Continue doing the same thing for a year, then arrange a meeting with your parents (like a lunch).

4) Show your parents how you have been responsible and you don't need their help. Thank them for the work they did to get you where you are (you owe them this much), but keep them at a distance. Don't give out your contact information, just tell them you will call them from time to time that you are doing ok. All parents worry, even the overbearing ones. They have earned that right at least.

5) Some day 5-10 years from now when you have established your own career, family, and life and have forgiven them,, go back to your parents and discuss your childhood. You may find common ground and friendship but you need time to let the wounds heal first.


That's your best plan.

Where in that includes the part about paying your parents back every penny they spent raising you x 2? Or are you suggesting he just be a free loader?

 

[SuperTool]

As far as searching room here is how I see it.
There are two possibilities:
A. The room is yours, (your parents are just landlords) and you are responsible for anything found in there, but then only you have the right to give someone the right to search it without a warrant.
or
B. The room is your parents', and they can give cops permission to search your room, but then they are the ones responsible for anything found in there, unless they prove that it's not theirs.

Also, unless only you have access to the room, and were in the room at the time it was searched, I believe there is no proof that said steroids actually belong to you, unless you admit that yourself.
The cops would have to prove that all this stuff, including what they find on the computer, is yours, and not your parents'
Contact a lawyer.

 

[StageLeft]

Re: all the asshats talking about how bad the parents are. I said it once and I'll say it again. By not reporting the steroids they found, the parents would have opened themselves up to all sorts of charges including child abuse and neglect, which is a class A felony in some districts - IE pound-me-in-the-ass prison. And, what DA would let the parents of an under-age 'roid abuser plea-bargain? Nobody. It's a press nightmare.

Oh come on he wasn't trafficing cocaine. Any couple that says they found their kid on roids and instead of reporting to the police took all non-police means they could think of to sort the situation out is not going to be sent to jail for child abuse and neglect.

More I read here though the more I realize why we have to have both sides of the story. For some reason I don't get the impression that EnragedPC is an A student who helps out at the shelter on Sundays and gives his mom a bouquet of flowers every week and cleans his dad's car every saturday.

If my parents reported me I'd have been pissed. If however I already had a rap sheet and a history of beating the crap out of my younger brother and have already spent time in juvie would I expect them to report me? What's the history?