Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog

Many amateur magicians like to perform a trick where they stick a playing card to their forehead and then wow the audience by guessing what it is without seeing it. A Pennsylvania man recently tried a similar trick using a bag of marijuana, but unfortunately for him the spectator happened to be a law enforcement official who knew exactly what was in the bag and was not at all impressed. It is unclear if this was a crime of stupidity or if the man may have just been trying his hand at reinventing the American lexicon by giving new meaning to the term “pothead.” Most people use this phrase as a euphemism implying that the object of their labeling uses marijuana or uses marijuana in excess, and most probably never contemplate applying the term literally, but that may change now that the man was recently arrested by Pennsylvania law enforcement officials for walking around a convenience store with a bag of marijuana stuck to his forehead. Apparently an officer happened to notice the man looking into his baseball cap inside the convenience store, and when the man looked up from his cap the officer noticed that he had somehow managed to attach the bag of marijuana to his forehead. More than likely, the man had hidden the baggie in the sweatband inside his cap and the baggie had become stuck to his head while he was wearing the cap around. He has been charged with drug possession.

Thousands of people in the United States are charged with some form of simple possession each year, and it is one of the most common crimes committed on a daily basis. Unless you stick a baggie of marijuana to your head and parade around convenience stores, you are unlikely to attract a whole lot of attention when charged with the crime. Simple possession (which also includes casual exchange) is among the least serious drug offenses in Tennessee. Assuming you do not possess enough of a controlled substance to garner a felony or trafficking charge, possession of marijuana in Tennessee is a Class A Misdemeanor, punishable by up to eleven months and twenty-nine days in jail and a fine not to exceed $2,500.00. However, it is also worth noting that a simple possession charge can be a Class E felony charge if the offender has two prior simple possession convictions. A Class felony is punishable by up to six years in prison and a fine not to exceed $3,000. Thus, it is important to remember that even though Tennessee simple possession charges are not serious offenses relatively speaking, it can still carry serious consequences such as incarceration, stiff fines, and possible public humiliation if you happen to walk around with the controlled substance dangling from your forehead.

Source: http://news.aol.com/article/police-say-cesar-lopez-busted-with/719655