Legal Question in Criminal Law in Tennessee

Conspiracy to buy marijuana?

I made a bad mistake and after a year of being clean, I tried to buy weed from one of my old friends. I was given the number by 2 other friends who told me to call them if I needed to buy weed. I called the number and told them I wanted a small amount of weed. After giving the money to who I thought was a friend, supposedly he was working with the police. I called his phone after 15 minutes and he answered and then a guy answered saying he was a police officer. He never told me what I was going to be charged with. He said he got my car's tag number and I will be getting a citation in the mail. I do not know if this is just a lie of drug addicts or if it is the real police. What could I be charged with and what is the maximum penalty? I do not get that if it was the police, why they wouldn't just sell the weed directly to me and then bust me. Please give me an answer. Losing sleep over this one.


Asked on 10/10/06, 4:06 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
David Heroux Haymaker & Heroux P.C.

Re: Conspiracy to buy marijuana?

What you could be charged with may depend on the facts: how much weed was purchased, what was it purchased for, how was it packaged and so on.

In addition, you should not admit to anything, even in emails asking for legal advice, because they are not confidential. An admission may be used against you.

Simply put, you need a lawyer. If you are interested in talking about your case, contact me through my website and the telephone numbers provided. My website is TennesseeDefense.com.

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Answered on 10/10/06, 4:43 pm
Jes Beard Jes Beard, Attorney at Law

Re: Conspiracy to buy marijuana?

While I agree with everything in the response from attorney David Heroux, what you have described does NOT sound like what any police officers I have ever dealth with would do. Most likely this was a prank by some of your "friends."

For information on what generally happens if you are arrested, you can check my website at jesbeard.com and then look at the portion of the website dealing with criminal law. At the moment it would be a good idea to talk with a local attorney who handles criminal cases there in the county where this happened. Even if it was actually a police officer who spoke with you there are often ways of dealing with such matters without ever being arrested or charged with anything.

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Answered on 10/11/06, 11:33 am


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