How often do they charge the wife with....

[Guest]

Knowingly maintaining, visiting or even staying at a place where people are using, storing, or selling marijuana is a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine.

So this is a question posed to me yesterday by my wife.

So what if? I get popped and get a felony growing charge what are the odds that she will get charged with anything?

Anyone dealt with this?

I mean I can say she had no idea and never goes into the basement/room/attic whatever but they will know its bullshit.

 

[stinkyattic]

My friend just got charged for the 250 plants that her ex husband was growing. He got busted about 6-8 weeks ago. They filed charges on her last week. She was living at the location at the time, although they were no longer married.

 

[cheecha07]

deny, deny, deny and she should be alright...otherwise they'll prolly try and scare her into admitting something which usually works.

 

[stinkyattic]

Lack of plausible deniability is an issue when you inhabit the same household. Her adult son (20 yo) was also charged. The reasoning is that no adult living in the same small house as that many plants could POSSIBLY not be aware of it.

 

[trademanny]

It depends how much you tell the police and how big the grow is. If you go in and say 'it wasn't her, its all me' then you've just given them a confession and screwed yourself.

You need to not say anything and teach her to do the same. They could charge her, sure, but your lawyer will have a MUCH easier time getting you BOTH off if you don't give the police anything. The prosecutor still needs to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it was your grow.

If you choose to plead out because they have SO much evidence against you that they don't need your confession, THAT is when you tell them that your wife had nothing to do with it, knew nothing of it, and use that in your plea arrangements.

Your wife needs to have some balls (figuratively speaking, anyways ) if you're going to grow in a house you both share.

Sit down and watch these two videos with her. They are a little long, it'll take about an hour of your time, but it will give her knowledge she needs to protect you both in the event shit goes down.

 

[Guest]

We've watched all the vids at least a year ago. She's up to snuff on what to do and how to do it. She's cool under pressure but the main reason is that this kind of charge, if it stuck, would pretty much end her career and her field.

Not mine.

The truth is that if it came to that...... we fucked up but I was just wondering if that charge gets used a lot? We're talking sub 20 plant count.

Thanks for all the responses.

 

[trademanny]

We've watched all the vids at least a year ago. She's up to snuff on what to do and how to do it. She's cool under pressure but the main reason is that this kind of charge, if it stuck, would pretty much end her career and her field.

I think the key part there is "if it stuck" ... They don't need anything at all to charge you. They need evidence to turn that charge into a conviction.

As stinky said, 'plausible deniability' has a lot to do with it. If you have a back bedroom converted to a grow-room, I think your chances are a lot worse than if you had, say, a small hidden room under lock and key disguised in a false wall of your basement utility room. You'd have more luck convincing a prosecutor/judge/jury during plea arrangements or trial that she knew nothing of it.

I don't think you're going to find a 'risk-free' way to do it..

 

[blisstonian]

Lack of plausible deniability is an issue when you inhabit the same household. Her adult son (20 yo) was also charged. The reasoning is that no adult living in the same small house as that many plants could POSSIBLY not be aware of it.

What good is power if you do not use it? The DA there must be a tool, or a bible bandit do gooder. Both? Hope your friends get out of this with thier necks intact.

FF

 

[TGT]

They will always charge every adult in the home. The reason being if they don't charge both the one that was not charged can take the blame and make things tricky for a conviction. With both charged it is easier to make the charges stick. This is what my lawer told me when I had problems in the past. This is Canadian law by the way. I am not sure if it's the same in the USA.

TGT

 

[eyes]

my opinion:your business should not be included in the same household that she resides in.she will get charged as well.besides,whos going to bail you out and make bond for ya if you are both in?one person needs not to be involved as to work the outside for ya if things go astray.youll lose all of your assets,cars will be siezed probably the house too.not trying to scare ya,just inform you as what could happen.

 

[trademanny]

my opinion:your business should not be included in the same household that she resides in.she will get charged as well.besides,whos going to bail you out and make bond for ya if you are both in?one person needs not to be involved as to work the outside for ya if things go astray.youll lose all of your assets,cars will be siezed probably the house too.not trying to scare ya,just inform you as what could happen.

I agree with the first part of this -- every adult in the location needs to be aware and accepting of the risk you are placing them in. I don't think asset forfeiture comes into play until you are charged with distribution. The big penalties happen when the man realizes he hasn't gotten his cut. (income tax, etc)