Several of my friends and I drove to a different county one weekend to go camping and were caught underage drinking. The officers gave us tickets on the spot that have our court date. This is for Wisconsin statue 125.07(4)(b). I asked if we could be breathylized but he said that since we admitted to drinking they didn't need a breathylizer as evidence and since the ticket is possession or consumption, we would get the ticket even if we hadn't been drinking the alcohol. (They saw and made us pour out our alcohol) What is our best course of action to get our fines reduced and/or get the tickets off our records? We would be glad to do community service or an alcohol program instead. A friend who got a ticket in another county told me she sent the ticket back pleading not guilty and then before her new trial date she called the DA and asked if he could reduce the ticket/eliminate it in response for an alcohol program. She got her ticket dropped as long as she takes an alcohol course here in Madison. Is this our best course of action as well? Or should we attend our court date, plead guilty or no contest, and ask the judge for reduced penalty? The other problem is that the original date on our tickets (we all have the same date and time) doesn't jive with a lot of our classes and I'm not sure if they will let us change the date now. It's less then three weeks away. Even if they did, it is still hard for us to get out there (poor college students without cars 
) so if we can get the ticket reduced without having to drive out there that would be best for us. (We all have clean records.) Thanks in advance for the advice,
J.
) so if we can get the ticket reduced without having to drive out there that would be best for us. (We all have clean records.) Thanks in advance for the advice,J.
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