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how does someone not know whose car they are driving...
As others have said, that wasn't the situation, but I can give an example. Say your car breaks down. You borrow a car - maybe it is your friends, but it is in their parents, grandparents, or spouse's name. Maybe you know the owners name, maybe you only know the first name - but you don't actually know their name. how did the pill get out of the bottle and onto to the floor, that too on passengers side. A cop just happened to spot a tiny pill on the floor It is easy for a pill to get on the floor. I've had those blister packs spill out medicine and dropped pills out of a medicine container. And yes, cops do spot things on the floor - especially when there is high contrast, as is likely with a white or light pill and dark carpeting. It wouldn't actually matter if it is a pill - it could have been a small piece of crumpled paper that looked like a pill. how did the university find out about it, do they run criminal records of employees on a regular basis? Some of them do run criminal records. He probably needed time off work, both for court and the probation check-ins. They aren't really keen on working around a work schedule. He might have been required by probation to let them know. He might have been required to tell the school because of other laws as well. He might have missed work because of the jail time. In addition, arrest records aren't private. Why did the judge even convict this person, just a random pill on car floor is enough to convict someone? Yes, that is enough - even if you drug test as clean. It is assumed that the inside of your car is something you have responsibility over. Though sometimes folks can wind up getting out of this sort of thing, many don't and many take plea deals instead of going to court. Percieving a lack of options and an overworked public defender can do that. |