I understand what your are saying. I just thought it to be silly to ask an online forum questions about your case when your are a paying a lawyer for that. He/She will be able to answer those questions a lot better then anyone else. My guess is that because you are only 20 and you don't have...
Make sure you know exactly what he is going to do, because he is reresenting you, obviously. How do you know what your lawyer is going to do if you just meet him for the first time the day of court? If he still won't meet you or answer your questions until the day of, I would start looking for...
Slam the door in their face and don't answer anything. Or tell them hold on and that you want to get your lawyer on the phone before you answer this and ask them to wait outside as you do so, even if the question is "how do you like your eggs?".
You got rushed and put on the ground by cops who were serving a warrant a few houses down, because you went outside to see what was going on and they said there was a joint next to you on the ground? Sounds strange.
I would definitely get a lawyer, obviously. Getting stopped for loud music and having it turn into a full blown drug investigation is stretching it, and claiming red eyes was the reason for it is even stretching it farther. Cops pulling you out of the car to search you for weapons lessens...
Why doesn't anything happen to police officers that do things that violate peoples rights or go against police procedure, and eventually have evidence thrown out because of it? I am dealing with a case right now of very similar circumstances. The way the officer that pulled my vehicle over and...