Ok so here's the story. A couple nights ago, I decided to get some marijuana off a friend (3.5 grams). When my friend went to his car to get it, a police officer drove by and most likely saw what was going to happen, because he later then pulled me over down the street. He pulled me over because he said I had a loud muffler. He then told me to roll my windows up and sit in the car and surprisingly he brought out the K9, he had the dog sniff around my car a couple times and then the officer asked me if I had smoked in the vehicle before. I was honest and told him I have, then he proceeded to ask me if I had anything in the vehicle that he should know about. I then just confessed and told him I had some marijuana in the center console. I gave it to him and then he came back and wrote me a ticket for possession of marijuana and excessive noise due to a loud muffler. I asked him if I was going to jail because of this (hey, I had no idea what to do, this was my first time ever getting caught). He then told me I wasn't and that this was pretty much just a traffic ticket. He told me that this shouldn't effect my job or anything school wise.
Today I called the police station/mayors court to find out how much my fines were and they told me that the fine for the marijuana charge was $240 and the loud muffler was $130, so all together i would be paying $370.
I was told by the lady on the phone that I could have gotten my license suspended if it was under state code but the box was checked for "city ordinance" so I won't be looking at any jail time or license suspension.
Now this happened on the 18th and the court date or when I have to pay the fine is for the 23rd. The lady on the phone told me that I could get an extension until possibly the 20th of November. She also said that they would have to add $10 if I received an extension.
My question is, will this be showing up on any background checks of some sort? I have researched on this forum that it will not and I have also heard that it will show up. I have about 1 more semester left in school and I will have to find an internship also for the degree I am currently pursuing. My main worries is will this effect my job search in any way? Also, does anyone know the details on requesting an extension for the fines? I have quite a clean record, only 2 points on my license due to a speeding ticket, and some other tickets for no front license plate and a noise violation due to my stereo system.
I think I would say I am pretty lucky because I guess it could have been worse but I really have learned my lesson and I do plan on quitting smoking marijuana after this incident. Can anyone give me advice?
Thanks.
Today I called the police station/mayors court to find out how much my fines were and they told me that the fine for the marijuana charge was $240 and the loud muffler was $130, so all together i would be paying $370.
I was told by the lady on the phone that I could have gotten my license suspended if it was under state code but the box was checked for "city ordinance" so I won't be looking at any jail time or license suspension.
Now this happened on the 18th and the court date or when I have to pay the fine is for the 23rd. The lady on the phone told me that I could get an extension until possibly the 20th of November. She also said that they would have to add $10 if I received an extension.
My question is, will this be showing up on any background checks of some sort? I have researched on this forum that it will not and I have also heard that it will show up. I have about 1 more semester left in school and I will have to find an internship also for the degree I am currently pursuing. My main worries is will this effect my job search in any way? Also, does anyone know the details on requesting an extension for the fines? I have quite a clean record, only 2 points on my license due to a speeding ticket, and some other tickets for no front license plate and a noise violation due to my stereo system.
I think I would say I am pretty lucky because I guess it could have been worse but I really have learned my lesson and I do plan on quitting smoking marijuana after this incident. Can anyone give me advice?
Thanks.
