if I was in the back seat of a car where drugs were found can I be charged to if they were not mine
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if I was in the back seat of a car where drugs were found can I be charged to if they were not mine
I went to jail and had to post
bond for getting pulled over with
a friend and drugs were found but
we’re not mine I was just a
passenger can I be liable
Asked on July 21, 2017 under Criminal Law, Missouri
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
You can be charged if the authorities think they were yours, or that you were helping to transport, buy, or sell them. You can be convicted if there is sufficient evidence--such as based on where the drugs were found (were they next to you?) and what other people in the car say (do they all claim that the drugs were yours?)--to convince a court "beyond a reasonable doubt" that these were your drugs. *You* may know these were not your drugs, but the authorities and court only "know" what the evidence and testimony indicates. So it it appears these were your drugs, you could face criminal liability.
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