What to do if 3 cops showed up at my college dorm room today and walked in and asked if they could search it and asked if I had anything they should know about?

What to do if 3 cops showed up at my college dorm room today and walked in and asked if they could search it and asked if I had anything they should know about?

Scared I told them that I had some alcohol, then he asked about anything else and that he was going to search it and that I would go to jail if he found anything. So I told him and I got 8 grams out of my closet. He then wrote me up and gave me a citation and I have court in about 5 weeks for it. I’m just a broke college student so there is no way that Im going to be able to afford a lawyer for this. What is going to happen to me and is there anything I should be doing before my court date? I have never been in trouble with the law, not even a speeding ticket

Asked on November 28, 2012 under Criminal Law, Indiana

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