Im 18 and received an illegal consumption ticket I blew a .243 is there anyway to get this off my record?

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That's a tough one. I know that years and years ago I got a ticket for allowing an open container in my car. I contacted legal aide, then went to court. The judge made me take an alcohol awareness class, traffic school and he suspended my license for 2 weeks. This judge swore up and down that this would stay on my record for 7 years since I was 19 years old. For whatever reason it never hit my record, not really sure why. Also, once I turned 18 I had my own insurance so I realistically did not have to say anything to my parents but I did after I went to my hearing. It was my stupidity so I was dealing with it as an adult.

If you don't want to tell your parents (if you're not on their insurance, if you are you are going to have to tell them as their insurance is going to go through the roof), and since you are 18 you can be adult about this and contact a legal aide attorney and ask your question to them as they are the experts in this field. They may or may not be able to help you out, or they may do what the legal aide attorney told me to do, which was he gave me the advice and direction to go so I didn't have to pay him as even if he were my legal counsel I would get the same sentence.

Again, I would contact a legal aide attorney in your area and ask your question.

Best of luck to you!

canam

Your too old to be a youthful offender. You played, now you pay. Tell your parents and get it over with.

Dan W

You did it. You deserve to have it on your record. And from the sounds of things, your parents will be more harsh on you than the law.

If you want to quit disappointing your parents, then it's simple. Quit disappointing your parents. And quit drinking. You obviously have a problem with it, and if you're only 18, there's still time for you NOT to wind up like some of the people I've known who have totally screwed up the pathetic existences they once called lives.

btw - to all of you who are accusing this kid of driving while intoxicated - where are you getting that he was driving? He was cited for illegal consumption, not for DUI.

Sage

I hope and pray that it never goes off your record. You're lucky that you didn't kill someone and have to live with that on not only your record but your conscience for the rest of your life.
Grow up and start being smart.

#1 bossman

no way you can avoid them finding out if you're on their insurance and it's going to be on your record unless you can get some pre-trial intervention or similar program that includes a stipulation that it will be expunged from your record after a specified period of time.....but it will be there for awhile.....you should have thought about that before you got behind the wheel.....like my grandpa used to say "son, if you're going to be stupid, you better be tough......you're pretty much screwed here in this situation....

justgetitright

You will never get this off of your record, you would be well served to tell your parents before you get your insurance bill, things will go better for you if you do. Even when you tell your parents, they are going to show you the insurance increase.

Seriously, you blew a .243, what the hell kept you alive? This is death waiting to happen. Please read this link, this young girl drank a few gin and tonics and mixed it with a tranquilizer, you face the same risk with a B/A of .243

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ann_Quinlan

EDIT Upddate: Here is what a B/A of that rate can do to you
# BAC .20%: You may feel confused, dazed, or otherwise disoriented. You need help to stand up or walk. If you hurt yourself at this point, you probably won't realize it because you won't feel pain. Even if you are aware that you've injured yourself, you probably won't do anything about it. At this point you may experience nausea and start vomiting. Your gag reflex is impaired, so you could choke if you throw up. Since blackouts are likely at this level, you may not remember any of this.
# BAC .25%: All mental, physical, and sensory functions are severely impaired. You're emotionally numb. There's an increased risk of asphyxiation from choking on vomit and of seriously injuring yourself by falling or other accidents.

EDIT: Update to asker.

Unfortunatley even if you were not driving, your car insurancecan go up, nothing much changes my answers but happy to hear that you were not driving.
My guess is you weren't walking very good (LOL)

dedum

Wow. Glad you lived to write this, you owe that officer a hug for getting you out of the car before you killed yourself or someone else. Call a lawyer, but if I were your mom or dad I would really want to know about this. If this is real, you need some intervention. Blessings- dd
ah thank you below poster, you are right, he did not say DUI. I hope he was just with friends and walking home.. and not with a friend (just as drunk) driving.... but even then it is a miracle he didn't end up in the hospital, under someone's bumper, etc. Every parent on this forum is gulping and praying that this is not their kid posting....
Please, dear, back off a bit on the drinking!
more.....
You are going to have to bargain with the judge about it remaining on your record or not. Probably some alch. abuse education which, I feel, (no offence intended) you may really need, service hours, and probably probation that if you have no other offence (every kind, not just alch. related) that it be removed from your record after said program completion and service hours and full time of probation.
You would have a better chance to work this off if you have a lawyer.To afford a lawyer you are probably going to have to involve your parents, sorry.
Good luck, and really, reflect on your life and really examine how your choices are shaping it... think about what you want for yourself and how to attain those goals honestly. I hope this was just a glitch in your normal behavior! Blessings- dd

kimba

WOW!!! that's pretty wasted- and yet you got behind the wheel of a car- bravo to you for being a fool.
What will probably happen is the ticket will be be lots of $ and the insurance will go up for a few years and you'll probably pay surcharges to the state AND lose you your license- .
Yeah you probably get a lawyer and get the charges lessened but will you do it again once you get away with it or did you actually learn anything?
Time to grow up and take the punishment

TCott

Over the Limit ,Under Arrest!

VicusSpyca

First tell your parents because honesty is the best policy. Next pay the ticket and don't get in trouble with the law again. And for the record I believe once paid it automatically gets expunged in six month.

By the way people underage drinking is not DUI/DWI. He didn't say he was drinking and driving.

I'm with "Over The Limit, Under Arrest". Cops are really cracking down on drunk driving and underage drinking. It's all over every media outlet there is, so if you didn't take it seriously, I'm glad you got busted. Thankfully you're 18, so any legal action taken against you will be done so as a adult, where the penalties are higher. If this is real, I'm sorry you weren't seriously injured by such high levels of alcohol. It would be a lesson well deserved.

His Divine Shadow

at .243, you should have been charged with attempted murder, not just a ticket for "illegal consumption" whatever that means.

allure45connie

First , if you did not plead guilty or get convicted yet , get an attorney . He will probably get the charge reduced to something less .
Second , having illegal consumption on your record is usually a misdemeanor and no great problem . But in certain places, like NJ ,if there is proof you illegally purchased the liquor you may lose your licence for several years and blow any chance of getting a college loan . You need an attorney in case they amend the charges !
Third , You could have died from anything over a .020 . You have already done damage to your liver and brain by doing this just once . Give your body time to heal before you drink again - IF EVER !
*Alcohol works by rapidly evaporating ( as compared to water ) before it can deliver oxygen to your brain , which is why the brain stops working properly . It is this evaporation burn in the liver ( notice how alcohol feels on a cut ?) that causes liver damage . *
At a level of .012 you are highly likely to do something stupid . If this is driving , you can lose your licence , you can get hit with heavy fines and even jail time . You might maim or kill yourself , friends ,or strangers . You might be convicted of Vehicular Homocide ! Or maybe you won't drive but get into fight you can't handle and get the S*** beat out of you . Or you may wake up with a veneral disease , or a pregnacy on your hands . There are LOTS of things that can go wrong once you get to .012 !
You NEED to talk to a professional about how and why you decided to remove so much oxygen from your brain in order to hopefully have a good time .
I sincerely hope you overcome this problem now that you are young , because it only gets worse and harder to control .

iuud2noitall

The first thing I want to say is that no where do you say you were driving. You simply state you were given a ticket for under age drinking.

The quandry you face is that for any other law (except smoking in most states) you are an adult but for drinking you're not. As for the insurance thing - sorry everyone but if this ticket had nothing to do with driving a vehicle but simply under age drinking, law enforcement agencies are not allowed to report it to DMV and DMV can not report it to the insurance companies. Insurance companies are only permited to consider actual DUI's or DWI's when considering rates. If no DUI (DWI) then the Insurance company can not discover it. Those companies are permitted by law to ask DMV for that information and law agencies are now required by law to report all DUI (DWI) CONVICTIONS to DMV.

You don't have to tell your folks but you should. I'm even willing to bet they know that you drink. If you want to act like an adult and drink then act like an adult and speak to your folks.

As for getting the conviction off your record you first need to appear in court and be convicted of the charge on the ticket. Receiving a ticket does not make you guilty as charged. You don't have much to stand on as a defence but you can appear before the judge, admit your mistake, impress upon the court how much you have learned about your mistake and ask the court to recommend a counseling srvice (other than AA) that has a proven track record of actually helping people with their drinking problem or better yet find one yourself and enroll then take proof to thecourt that you are actively seeking help and support. Then, if convicted with any stipulation from the court otherwise, at the age of 21 you may petition the court for an expungment of that conviction from your record as long as you have no other similar troubles between time.

You'll be fine but I do recommend that you learn what moderation is. You'll be much happier in the long run.

surferchick

Off your record? no of course not, at least not right now. Theres usually a penalty time frame for stuff like that. You are an adult and you have to face the consequences. Follow court orders, pay the fine and stay out of trouble. Whatever you do stay sober. It would probably be best to come clean and tell your parents. They won't be happy but it'll be a weight off your shoulders rather than them somehow finding out another way. If you were driving and got caught with a DUI and are on their insurance policy then you have to tell them as this can affect their insurance rate.

dances with unicorns

Three times the legal limit and you think you're going to get out of it? I hope they lock you up; it's what you deserve. You endangered me and everybody else on the road.

Me, myself and I

See if there is a diversion program in your area. That MAY help, but you did something against the law...worse off, you put everyone lives on the line by drinking and driving...including yours...imagine getting behind the wheel and killing your parents, friends or a special person in your life...My advice, driving is for adults and now take your punishment like an adult...Four very bright kids were killed in a drink driving accident...went off the road into a swamp...and the froze and drowned...think about it...

'Sunnyside Up'

Well, avoid telling them this time and then there will be a next time and so on. First it will be this and the next time it will be something else. Then, you can really kick trust out the window. After all, they were already trusting you and you failed them. But, guilt is a good teacher as long as you really want to make amends. If you do, then you will tell them. If you don't, then you will do your best to continue to be deceptive and. deception in one thing will lead to it in every thing else you put your hand to. A lie, eventually makes you a liar. A deception eventually makes you a deceiver. Not only to them, but to anyone else you choose to be deceptive to, and some day that will include your wife and children and then, most of all, it makes you a liar and deceiver to yourself. Is that worth it? I suggest you come clean right up front. The truth is the only way out of any jam. You did wrong. Maturity is owing up to it properly.

eddy8901

you are an idiot

redflower

^They are going to find out, better from your lips.
You should be very great full that you didn't hurt or kill yourself or anyone else. I hope you learn from this don't drink and drive.

SCH

I'm sorry, I don't believe all you got was a ticket...

I don't believe they let you off with just a ticket when you blew 3x the legal limit.

Do you realize you could have killed someone??? You could have killed yourself??? I am so glad I am not 18 anymore, it may be more boring, but atleast I am alive.

You will be lucky if your auto insurer will still cover you, if they do you will be lucky if all your rates do is double (I belive they will triple)...how do you plan on hiding that from your parents.

I will be praying for you, you will be lucky to make it to your 21st birthday.

inpinkside2108

its really going to depend where you live and what kind of judge you have. the judges here are really tough on underage drinking, and the state will usually prosecute to the full extent of the law. may be you should make wiser choices, after all thats what being an adult is all about.

James Watkin

Nope, the laws are tougher now than ever before due to the lack of responsibility that people like you take for their own actions. I think it is time to man up and face the fact that you broke the law, you were wrong and you deserve punishment. Your parents are the least of your worries now.

lafemelle

Depends on the state, the county, and the judge. When I got one, it was in a teeny tiny town and the judge was really cool, and if I completed my comm. service and paid my fines on time, it would get stripped from my record. But it varies completely depending on where you got the ticket and how lenient the judge is. You'll find out for sure on your court date.

emt_me911

Since you are an adult, probably not.

Act like an adult and accept responsibility. Do you have the money to pay the fine? If not, you will probably have to tell your parents in order to ask them for help to pay it. The fine could be a hefty one.

Regardless of whether you were driving or not, you could also face loss of your license until you are 21. Many states are cracking down on underage drinking and the penalties can be stiff.

Don't try to hide what you did. Own up to it. You will be better off. We all make mistakes. I hope you learned from this one. Drinking really isn't worth it, is it?

EMT

ihaveyouranswer

You will have to pay the ticket on time and file a motion with the court to have the harge dismissed. Explain how you are so sorry etc. in the motion and from there the decision is up to the judge. Good luck!

Unknown

If your in the US you have the right to be provided a lawyer if you cant afford one. So talk to your lawyer he/she will know what works best. Also in some states if you volentarily join an alchoholics anonymous or drug counsiling program they may erase your record after they prove you can stay sober a certain period of time (My friend got his record erased from volentarily attending a narcotics anonymous after being caught with marijuana. That was in the state of Ohio.)

Jolly

You can speak with the Prosecutor prior to your official court date to see if he'll reduce it to a lesser charge if you plead guilty to the reduced charge. If the case has already been adjudicated, then I think you're stuck, and better your parents hear about it from you rather than having them hear about it elsewhere.

jgmafb

yeah there is.just ask for a pre-trial conference with the prosecutor and try to work an S.I.S.If you ain't been in a lot of trouble then it should go in your favor.If that doesn't work you can ask the judge for the S.I.S. It's designed for young people like you that haven't been in a lot of trouble.But,,you will have to make sure you do everything that the judge orders you to do.

Nancy

I am assuming that you haven't gone to court yet, tell your parents and get an attorney. A good lawyer may be able to plea down the case by getting you into some sort of diversion program. I am not sure if legal aid is the way to go. Sorry, you are going to have to eat crow on this one.

ps. you are really lucky you didn't end up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning or hurt yourself.

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