[Lucent]

Definitely find another lawyer.
I've heard from friends that public defenders always try to negotiate, meaning you won't get off like you should with another lawyer.

If you go to court, you will get off, if your story is the way you say it is.

I've had a buddy getting hassled by the police in my town. They suspended his license, took almost an oz from him 3 nights in a row (and still do it often, everytime they see him, i live in a small town so we have an overabundance of cops and they have nothing better to do but try and get this guy for doing something) he has been taken to jail as you have, when it was unnecessary.

But he got off on everything with a lawyer, but it still cost him his weed (it possibly dried out while he waited for its return after his court date) and he had to pay his lawyer which cost him more than the offenses would have cost him, but its the principle that matters, right?

My advice: get another lawyer and you will get off with nothing on your record, if the story is the same as you said it is. :)