Legal Question in DUI Law in California

Hi,

I first want to make a few points. I'm not sure if this is considered a "DUI Law" but it's the closest thing I can find. Another point is that this is my first offense.

Here's my story as brief as possible: I'm from the Los Angeles County camping at Kern's County campground but I was taken to the Tulare Co. Sheriff's Department in Porterville. I was smoking pot, which I rarely do, and I blacked out. This might of happened around 4 P.M. on Saturday, 8/4/12. The next thing I know, I was in a Sheriff's truck taken to the hospital at 9 P.M. That's when I became conscious again.

Now I was asking the cop what happened, and he basically said that I was attempting to save kids from the river that didn't need to be saved. Then a huge man came over to confront me, and tried to drag me back to my campsite. It was then that I "fell" onto a rock that caused me to get a black eye and a laceration to my nose. The cop believes somebody hit me but he said that's irrelevant.

During our talk, he told me that he "hated my ass" because of the way I was acting while under the marijuana intoxication but when I came back into consciousness, he said he kinda felt sorry for me. Now, he told me that he wasn't going to charge my friend who had the possession of the marijuana and that he was going to let me off with a warning. But I still have to go to court for the charges: PC 242, and PC 647(f). I'm not really sure what to do. I was also only held in jail for 3 hours.

What also concerns me is that PC 242 is assault and battery. When I asked if I hurt anybody, the cop told me no, I actually got the worst end of it (black eye and laceration to the nose).

I agree that this was a total lack of judgement. I rarely do smoke, which the last time was back in college and I hardly drink (Which I already stopped for a year). Everything happened so fast. I would like to thank you for reading this and appreciate your support.

- Steve

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