Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

My brother is a college student in Mount Pleasant, Michigan living with 4 roommates off campus. One of his roommates got into trouble. Him and a girl were drinking and woke up the next morning without clothes on and didn�t remember what happened. The girl went and spoke to the police. The police went to the apartment of the boy (that my brother lives in) and questioned him outside. They said that it smelt like marijuana when they knocked on the door originally and that they needed to search. The boys denied without a warrant, but they went in anyways. My brother was in the bathroom washing out his pipes, bongs, grinders ect. The cops found a number of illegal things in the house between all of the boys. None of the things in my brother�s possession were confiscated at the time. He just received a phone call saying that charges were being pressed against him for possession of drug parafanialia, and for destroying evidence (which I believe is a felony). The city this was in had a proposal passed to decriminalize marijuana if the amount was less than one ounce. The police officers involved were county cops. He has $10,000 bond and is putting up $1000 to remain free. He�s a 22 year old clueless kid that made a very stupid mistake. I am looking for advice for what he should do and an assessment of how serious the situation is. Does he need to get an attorney or will a court appointed attorney suffice? His main objective is to have a clean record at the end of this for the purpose of job seeking. His record is currently clean.

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