 Has this ever happened to you riding around in a car with your buddies, cop stops them, pulls them over, all of a sudden the cop starts asking questions. Hopefully this has never happened to you that all of a sudden the driver of the car is arrested. Arrested and searched and what do they know? They find some drugs on them. Maybe some marijuana, maybe something more serious, but ultimately they're dealing with a drug charge. What is it that you can do if you're just a passenger? Couple things. One, you do need to identify yourself. Give them your name and your date of birth because that's information they are entitled to have. If you have a driver's license on you and they ask for it, go ahead and give it to them. That's okay. But don't make any other statements. Don't ask, answer questions about what this stuff is, where it came from. That's not for you to do for the cops and in fact once you have a lawyer if you ultimately need one, they're going to make sure and hope that you stay in silent. Thirdly, and this is part of this, is don't take responsibility. If you're trying to help your buddy out, maybe your buddy wants to help you out, don't take responsibility. We can deal with this later if in fact it comes to you. Just because you're a passenger in a car that has found to have drugs in it, doesn't mean you're getting arrested, but it doesn't mean you're guaranteed not to get arrested. What if it's on your side of the car? What if it's under your seat? Don't help the cops out by helping them make guesses as to what happened. They're going to arrest you, they're going to arrest you and that's when you hire a lawyer. Hopefully though you haven't made any statements that can be used against you. Carlson, Meisner, Hart and Hazlet, protecting your rights since 1971.