Q: Can I be charged with a felony if I don't cooperate?
I was pulled over for tags out of date and a car that was not mine I use my friend's car to go to work they took me to jail for driving on suspended after I was at the jail a police officer later came in and told me that I was being either charged or I could talk to a detective about the drugs they found in the car I told them nothing in the car with mine it wasn't even my car and I didn't give them authorization to search the car because it wasn't my car I didn't see them retrieve the drugs I didn't still don't even know how much the amounts of the drugs were. Did the Texas came in and told me that if I didn't snitch on somebody which I know nobody here I just moved to Arkansas then I will be charged with a felony drug conviction
A:
No, you cannot be charged with a felony because you will not cooperate in the circumstances that you describe. However, it sounds as if the police made a valid stop (tags expired) and law enforcement can conduct an inventory search without consent when a vehicle is impounded.
You were clearly in control of the vehicle so you were constructively in possession of the contraband in the vehicle.
You need the assistance of an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney the court will appoint a lawyer to represent you.
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