Thanks Jeff,
It is messed up, but hopefully I'll get it reduced to a misdemeanor with 6 months probation, and if I'm good, it will go away...
Best of luck...please keep us posted. Hopefully it will be reduced to a point where it can just "go awy". But the fact that it was ever there in the first place is very troubling and extremely galling.
Please don't think of pleading out yet.
You have a battle plan.
A) Is the chemical still active? If not, no crime.
B) Did the police have probable cause to stop you? If not, you win on a motion to suppress.
C) Did you give valid consent for the search of the glove box? If not, again, motion to suppress.
D) Is the car in your wife's name, not yours? If so, and you didn't confess, you have a 5th Amendment right not to incriminate yourself, and if they can't prove you knew it was there, then again, no crime.