What's the chance of serving prison time for anhydous ammonia? Friend was arrested, first offense?

Question

My friend was arrested for attempting to steal anhydrous ammonia to manufacture crystal meth. She's sitting in jail right now and has a hearing on the 11th. The charges are Class 3 felonly. What most likely will be her sentence? Jail time? Drug Treatment and probation?

She's never been in trouble before, but in the past 4 months she got herself addicted to heroin and crystal meth and now hangs around a pretty rough bunch. Her family and I are wondering what are the chances of her going to prison/jail for any length of time?

Answer 1

Did she get away with any of it? She could be looking at charges from your dept of enviromental for clean up of a dangerous substance. To tell you the truth, the longer she is in prison is probably better for her. Meth is a monster and she needs time to detox from it, if thats even possible.

Answer 2

The answer will really depend, in part, on the state in which this took place. The laws mandating the consequences for being involved with the manufacture oe distribution of controlled substances vary widely from state to state.
The other deciding factor will be your friend... has she woken up to the fact that this is a problem and begun taking steps to break her addiction? Most jails offer AA/ NA meetings and it would be good for her, both personally and legally, if she were to start attending them.
If she can show that she accepts responsibility for her choices and that she really means to "unmake" some of those choices, that will go a long way towards redeeming her in the eyes of the court.
Considering that she has no priors and that the drugs are a recent addition to her life, chances are fair that she'll be offerred supervised probation, including random drug tests, but there's no guarantee that she's not going to prison for 6 to 24 months.
Wish her luck for me, she's going to need it.

Answer 3

Good possibility she will go to prison. In most states now the attempt to commit a crime, the manufacture of methamphetamine, can hold the same punishment as actually committing the crime. The theft charge by itself may cause her to be punished with a jail sentence. All states and all judges differ on the extent that they punish offenders. Check your state laws and see what the minimum, maximum and the presumptive sentence is for her offense.

Answer 4

The chances are high she will serve some time. She needs an attorney who may be able to negotiate her down and have included some drug treatment and probation. The law doesn't play when it comes to meth.

Answer 5

Lets get him charged with something first. You dont know hes a 'celeb.' Professional footballers also play for lower league clubs. And Shambo doesnt know he was speeding. He could have been pissed. Shall we just wait for a few more facts eh? Edit: Luke McCormick? Yep hes in Heat magazine every week. Big celebrity. Not Edit 2: Dee- that is exactly my point

Answer 6

She is most likely going to go away for a long time. They (all govs) are really cracking down on meth. It is such terrible sh*t. Hopefully, your friend will get the help she needs while in prison. In a way, she's lucky. There have been people who died trying to steal anhydrous.

Answer 7

What she was attempting to steal is not relevant - the crime is attempted theft. It depends on the state but she could get up to 3 years. If she had drug making equipment and chemicals at home this could be another criminal charge as well

Answer 8

First offense, probably drug court if available, probation, community service, counseling, and possible stint in rehab. Her chances of going to prison with the facts as you have presented are very small.

Answer 9

If her family is white and/or rich she stands a much better chance of not going to jail.

Answer 10

Hopefully they will send here somewhere long enough to dry out.