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A friend who is 19, I shall call him C, was along for the ride with 2 other people, also under 21, and they had an unopened six pack in the back seat. They got pulled over for speeding and the police officer saw the cans and asked whose they were. C took the bullet for the his friend and said they belonged to him. He was given a ticket for underage possesion of alcohol. This is the 1st time he has ever need to go to court so he has a clean record. What is his best course of action to get the least amount of punishment? Also is there any charge he should try to avoid at all costs, like the refusing a breathalyzer to avoid gettting a DWI example you gave earlier.

I recommended that he tell the judge he took the alcohol, from a party at the house of someone he did not know, on a dare. Then go with the Im sorry it was stupid will never do it again, I was wrong to except the dare line. This way judge could see it as a form of youth social pressure and might take it easier. Thoughts on line?