From: Zbadba@yabbs
To: pbj@yabbs
Subject: re: just a question
Date: Tue Jun 14 18:31:50 1994

Guilt by association, essentially. I believe the legal term
is "collective possesion." i.e. if you are standing in a circle with some 
friends, and one of them has a joint, and when a cop comes along, that 
person throws the joint in the middle of the circle, so that the cop 
cannot identify the "culprit," you could all be hauled in on a "collective 
possession" charge. 

Depending on the type and amount of substance, it could be serious. In the 
example above, the charge would likely be a misdemeanor (posession of less 
than 20g of marijuana). But if you are at a party and someone brings kilos 
of coke to sell, you could be in some deep shit.