[KoRn]

...Making criminals out of good law abiding citizens, one at a time..

[cripplecreek]

Sounds like your friend needs to pay the fine and work on changing the law.

[al baby]

Just plead not guilty by reasons that the fireworks were just not illegal but just “undocumented fireworks” case closed

[Tax-chick]

A number of my neighbors had illegal fireworks on the 4th. Our county sheriff apparently decided to ignore it, county-wide.

Sometimes you get caught. Pay the fine.

[omega4179]

Find a cheaper lawyer? its just a pre-fine so the lawyer can negotiate a fine for you. I had one traffic incident and realized the whole thing is dealmaking and nothing is what it seems to be. I think half a lawyers fee is bribes he tosses to the prosecutors.

[1rudeboy]

Income to high to get a public defender, huh? Where outside of the United States is this?

[bobby.223]

what exact illegal fireworks did he have?

[skr]

If he broke the law, why doesn’t he simply pay the fine?

[Venturer]

I would go to see the States Attorney and ask for some sort of deal like Nolle Prosse or to be placed on probation without verdict or on the Stat docket

If he cannot get anywhere with the States Attorney he should get himself a lawyer . $2,000 bucks or no.

[Leisler]

Ask for a continuance, drag it out. Say you don’t have a lawyer yet.

After a while approach the assistant DA and inquirer about a fine, court costs with out a finding for a year, blah,blah,blah.

It’s all about the money and the no work on their part.

[for-q-clinton]

He needs to get a laywer. The system is rigged. A judge is a lawyer so if you show up without paying a lawyer he will make you pay more.

It’s all part of the way they get paid.

[Sudetenland]

Sorry, he knew the law and he chose to violate it. Fireworks are illegal in a lot of municipalities. Here in Houston, the fine is $100/firework (that means a single firecracker).

Pay the fine and learn the lesson. Taking responsibility for your actions used to be part of being an American.

[Grizzled Bear]

I would appreciate if any one could give me an idea.

Stop napping during English class so your High School diploma will actually mean something.

[csvset]

My girl friend need helps.

Expound on that if you could.

[An.American.Expatriate]

I would ask how I could lawfully posess illegal fireworks.

[BobL]

It sounds like a misdemeanor - I would definitely get a lawyer and do the best that I could to keep it from going on my permanent record. Now, if I already had a felony or two, no bid deal (but I doubt that’s the case here). Having a conviction on record will be a pain in the butt - and may get in the way of things, like concealed carry and who knows what else.

That’s my take.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I’m amazed they even enforced that law. It’s illegal where I live and they were setting them off by the hundreds in my neighborhood (and no little ones, either, big mothers) and the cops did zip.

[Old Student]

Might help to say what city & state. I live in a tiny suburb of Oklahoma City. I can get ticketed for having (i.e. possessing) fireworks when people are lighting them off within a hundred feet of my house, and are perfectly legal in doing so.

[csvset]

even took pictures.

..twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us.

[DefeatCorruption]

If you break the law to play, you pay.