the most i see u getting is probation
No, nooo, not Florida unfortunately. He said he had almost a half pound jar. It's good that there were less than 25 plants which would land you with a possible 15 years felony for intent to distribute. It's also good you had it in 1 jar and not multiple bags for same reason. You did however have more than 20g which is a felony with maximum 5 years incarceration and $5,000 fine. I just hope you were not located within 1000 yards of a school or park. If you have a clean record and an expensive lawyer hopefully you'll be in for less than a year or maybe "buy time". Unfortunately you will have a felony on your record now.
Your drivers license is probably going to be suspended for at least 6 months and up to 2 years for some arbitrary reason.
Possible they might get you a second charge for paraphernalia if you had a used pipe or ash tray around and maybe the grow equipment.
That notebook is not going to be proof of a previous grow but it cant help.
...Felony convictions dont carry from state to state...
hoagtech, I suggest you read the U.S. constitution article 4, section 2, paragraph 2 In fact you should print a copy like I have and keep it in your desk drawer.
"A person charged in any state with Treason, Felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime." So yes people do go to jail for felonies in America.
This is why you should listen to ninjagaiden's original advise and only take advise from and speak through a lawyer, not 16 year old sea lawyers. EVERYTHING THROUGH A LAWYER, THIS IS YOUR FREEDOM ON THE LINE AND ONE INNOCENT COMMENT FROM YOUR MOUTH CAN MEAN SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COMING FROM A PROSECUTORS MOUTH.
Might I ask how on earth they found such a small grow? You couldn't have been using too much electricity so my guess is that you indirectly turned yourself in or invited the police over to see it in some way.
A little study I did a while back (not decisively) ranked the top causes for grow busts as 1 stealing electricity(very easy to catch), 2 fire, 3 anonymous tip (now how could the tipster find out I wonder), 4 robbery of grow house (usually reported by neighbors). I was surprised how common fires were and how comparatively rare high electricity drain or areal IR imaging is.