I heard a county in Missouri charged someone with a felony for one marijuana cigarette? This is not the State policy...
2007-08-11 13:21:03 · 6 answers · asked by Bobbie Says 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
The same rules apply all over the USA.
Each local jurisdiction can have rules that are a bit different than the overall state or USA, provided those rules do not violate the higher authoritiy constitution or laws.
There are various jurisdictions which have the authority to create laws for the people who live there, and these laws go into collections of laws, which are stored various places, like law libraries.
You can go to the HQ of the county, which is usually a court house in the largest city of the county, or a city whose name is very similar to that of the county, and you can ask there where you can look up the laws.
People who are legal residents of counties have the right to see this stuff. The county has zero obligation to put it on the Internet, although many do as a way of saving time and expense for their people.
2007-08-11 13:30:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In our county we call the resolutions, not laws. Contact your local public library to see if they keep the books up to date or otherwise contact the district clerk and see if they can point you in the right direction however read on and I think your question will be answered.
Chances are they were charged with Felony possesion because this was drug charge 3. Yes prior convictions do play a major factor when it comes to drugs.
2007-08-11 19:11:43 · answer #2 · answered by DeputyJT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The drug laws are probably actually at the state level -- I've never seen county ordinances that make drugs illegal where the state has made them legal (and it's arguable whether such laws are proper)
It's more likely the county prosecutor has the discretion to decide which violations of state drug laws get dropped, and this one particular prosecutor decided to go forward.
But you can get copies of the county laws either on the county website, or from the county clerk.
2007-08-11 13:30:16 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You obviously have access to the Internet. Why don't you try looking at the counties website for that information?
2007-08-11 15:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do an internet search for your particular county. Laws are specific, and available to the public. or go to your county headquarters (offices). Remember, you pay their salary.
2007-08-11 13:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by Empress Jan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
US hv different states and i do find them very confusing
2007-08-11 13:58:29 · answer #6 · answered by chasen54 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋