Alcohol & Drugs: MIP, MIC, Intoxication Urgent

i don't know if i'm in the right place to ask this question...but i was at a party a few weeks ago where there was underage drinking involved...the party got busted. the cop didn't knock on the door before he came in...the party was held at an individuals home...can the cop legally do this? secondly...those at the party were told we would not recieve any charges...that the cops were only after the ones who held the party. can we still be issued with charges of minor in possesion/minor in consumption after we were told we would not be charged? the cop did not give breathilyzer tests to us, just asked if we were drinking...i said that i had a few sips...even though i hadn't. i was merely afraid of getting a worse charge if i denied it. i know this was a bad move on my part...but i was scared.
is there anything i can do to defend myself?? about 2 weeks after the party i got a letter in the mail stating that i was being charged with a minor in posession/minor in consumption. after we were were told we would not be charged.
if the cop has no legal evidence that i was drinking, he did not see me with any alcohol in my hands, and he didn't give breathylizers??
what could i use in court as a defense??

p.s: i live in North Dakota

Evidence of MIP?!

...just asked if we were drinking...i said that i had a few sips...the cop has no legal evidence that i was drinking....


The officer's testimony of your admission to him or her that you "had a few sips" is admissible evidence.

Remember: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.


...can we still be issued with charges of minor in possesion/minor in consumption after we were told we would not be charged...

Of course. If it were a defense that, "the cop said I wouldn't be charged with a crime if I confessed," our prisons would be a lot less crowded.


i know this was a bad move on my part...but i was scared. is there anything i can do to defend myself??

You should retain a lawyer to represent you. It should be abundantly clear to you by now that your trying to defend yourself in Court makes about as much sense as you trying to operate on yourself to remove your tonsils instead of seeing a surgeon.

If you try to represent yourself, your next post also will include, "...i know this was a bad move on my part...but ....."