Let this be a lesson to you: When you’re in court before the judge, and you doff your cap in deference, make sure your cocaine does not fall out of your hat and onto the floor where both the judge and the cops can see it.

And it would help if you weren’t in court on a separate felony drug charge in the first place.

Juan Jose Vidrio Bibriesca, 43, was one of three defendants at the podium before Eagle County Court Judge Katharine Sullivan. Bibriesca was in Judge Sullivan’s company for a bond violation on a separate felony drug charge.

Apparently, Bibriesca was raised to be polite. When he reached the podium in the middle of Sullivan’s courtroom, he removed his hat and held it behind his back in both hands.

As he swung his hat behind his back, a small square of folded paper fell from it and landed on the floor behind him. A local law enforcement officer was in the gallery and watched the whole thing.

Bibriesca appeared in court again Wednesday afternoon, where he learned that he now faces two more charges: narcotics possession and bond violation, both felonies.

Bibriesca was born in Mexico and is reportedly in the country illegally, which means Immigration and Customs Enforcement will also want a word with him.

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