Unfortunately, many students quickly enter a plea to the charge at their first court appearance without ever speaking with a lawyer.
Perhaps most daunting is that a seemingly innocuous and inconsequential underage drinking charge can have harmful effects down the road when students are obligated to disclose the conviction on employment and professional licensure applications. It is also the policy of some judges in Franklin County to impose severe penalties, fines, and intensive probation as punishment for such an offense.
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