i am a 18 year old girl. today my family and i decided to go to a llake or park. and my uncle and dad took beers in a cooler. they were drinking the beers in cups since beer isnt allowed in the park. the sherriff came and ask us if we had beer and my dad lied but then saw a cup with beer next to him! he gave my dad a ticket. then later he saw empty cups on the floor where me and my older brother where sitting. he smelled one of the empty cups and noticed it had beer before! he gave me a ticket for possesion of alcohol just becuase i was sittin closest to the cup on the floor and i was in a chair. what i want to know is if i can fight this! because i didnt drink at all or did ever hold the cup that had beer. i just sat on the chair and didnt notice the cups on the floor! HELP. i live in california. will this affect my record! or my financial aid i will be getting for fall for college!

THE cup was on the floor so it was never under my possesion he just assumed since it was next to my chair wwhere i was sitting! im scared beccause of the 1 yr lisence suspension. and it really unfair to me since i didnt have a sip of alchol nor did i ever hold or had on me the beer it was just my luck that the empty cup smelled like beer and it was next to me! will this stay on my record if i lose the case. the cop that wrote the ticket just put on the ticket possesion of open alchol in park.! help