Dan203
Active Member
My Step Father was recently taken to jail for DWI because the officer "suspected" that he was under the influence of marijuana. They did a blood test on him while he was in there and his THC level was under the legal limit, but they decided to hold him anyway because they wanted to run some new test that they'd never used before. I ended up laying out almost $2k to bail him out so he didn't have to sit in jail while they did this new test. It took them nearly 4 months of continuances and other stall tactics before the judge finally threw out the case for lack of evidence. The whole time they kept trying to convince him to take a plea that would have forfeited my money. Luckily he held firm because he knew he wasn't impaired and they were trying to railroad him.
My step father has a certain look. He's a lower middle class working guy with a beard and the look of someone who's had a hard life. (think biker, but without any tattoos) So they were truly just trying to make something up to pin on him after the first test came back negative just because he looked guilty to them.
So if you're truly not guilty I'd hire a lawyer and fight it to the end. If you are guilty then I'd still hire a lawyer otherwise I think you might be on the hook for the full price of the car and a lawyer might be able to negotiate you out of the situation. A couple grand to a lawyer is better than them seizing a $50k car.
My step father has a certain look. He's a lower middle class working guy with a beard and the look of someone who's had a hard life. (think biker, but without any tattoos) So they were truly just trying to make something up to pin on him after the first test came back negative just because he looked guilty to them.
So if you're truly not guilty I'd hire a lawyer and fight it to the end. If you are guilty then I'd still hire a lawyer otherwise I think you might be on the hook for the full price of the car and a lawyer might be able to negotiate you out of the situation. A couple grand to a lawyer is better than them seizing a $50k car.