Legal Question in Criminal Law in Iowa

Minor Consumption of alcohol
Last Saturday night, me and 9 other
people were at one of my friends
apartments drinking. Around 10
oclock, the police showed up and said
they had a noise complaint. They
came in and ended up giving 8 of us
minor consumptions. A few days
later, we found out that the person
who called the cops was an ex-
boyfriend of one of the girls that was
at the apartment. He said he was a
resident of the apartment complex
with kids, and that we were being
very loud. (He lied to the cops) I
thought it was odd that someone
would be calling the cops for a noise
complaint at 10 oclock on a Saturday
night. Also, later that night, the
police were called to another party,
with kids in high school (I am in
college) and let them all go. And
there was more people at that one!
Isn't that discrimination of some
kind? Do you think there is any way
I can get out of my ticket? I am
going into elementary education and
really don't want this on my record. I
can understand if I was at a big party
that was out of control. But the fact
that it was 8 PEOPLE and it was a
false report! What do you think?

Asked on 8/22/07, 2:03 pm

Robert Luedeman solo practitioner

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Re: Minor Consumption of alcohol

It doesn't matter how the police found out that there was a party going on and that people were drinking who shouldn't have been.

Also, it doesn't matter how other folks in a similar situation would be treated.

As to how you can get out of the ticket, you're pretty much stuck, but you could ask for a deferred judgment.

Answered on 8/22/07, 2:59 pm

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