If your possession of a controlled substance case makes it to a trial, your lawyer will have to go through the evidence andcross examine the police officerin order to show that you either were not in possession of the drugs or that they were not illegal drugs in the first place. In orde...
America's "War on Drugs" has resulted in federal legislation and sentencing guidelines that provide harsh penalties for crimes involving both drugs and guns. In particular, Title 18, Section 924(c)(1)(A) of the United States Code, which applies specifically to guns in the context of drug-...
Anabolic steroid laws are a vastly differing subject in comparison to the laws surrounding other substances and drugs. It must first be established and made very clear to the reader that anabolic steroid laws prohibiting the use, possession, buying, and selling of anabolic steroids is almost one ...
Police sometimes act on no more than a hunch and without legal justification. Attorney Topazio knows that illegal police behavior cannot be the basis for the discovery of drugs, and if successfully challenged, those drugs will be suppressed by the Court. If the stop and search are ...
Arizona has extremely severe punishments for methamphetamine (meth) possession, production, or sale. Possessing for sale or selling any amount of meth is a Class 2 Felony, carrying a mandatory prison sentence of 3 to 12.5 years. Such punishments are very harsh. Criminal defense attorney, O. Jos...
Useless traces (or debris) are not usable amounts of drugs. On the other hand, a usable amount does not have to be enough, in either amount or strength, to intoxicate you.9“Analog of a Controlled Substance” Meanign11350(a) HS applies to the possession of “controlled substances” as ...
Carrying a Firearm If you are accused of carrying a gun or an unlawful weapon, you are facing serious consequences. In Suffolk and surrounding counties, prosecutors aggressively prosecute criminal activities involving firearms, since crimes involving firearms carry mandatory sentencing. Thus, few plea ba...