Getting Your Life Back on Track: The Process of a Drug Case
Even in cases where the admissible evidence against a defendant is significant, we are often able to help our clients avoid a felony conviction or lengthy jail time. In lower-level first-time offenses, we can connect you with treatment and other programming options that can pave the way for a better outcome in court and help you get your life back on track. In first-time cases, one can also negotiate for alternatives to jail, including probation, community service, treatment, Drug Court, and other supervised options.
Having a felony conviction on your record can be a life-changing event. We have been able to help nearly all of our clients facing first-time felony-level drug charges avoid having a felony drug conviction on their record. Avoiding a felony conviction is a very important step in helping my clients preserve their future employment and housing options.
If you have been charged with a major drug crime, or if this is not your first offense, you are likely facing very serious potential consequences above and beyond potentially having a felony conviction on your record. A first- or second-degree drug charge will carry a significant presumptive prison sentence. (Presumptive sentences provide a starting point for the judge at sentencing, if you are convicted.)
In these first- and second-degree drug cases, a defendant’s constitutional rights are paramount. The Fourth Amendment, which protects a defendant from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, is almost always at the heart of our work in these serious cases. It is critical that the defendant, with his or her attorney, take the requisite time to review the actions of the government in their case in order to evaluate whether potential evidence can be suppressed. If you have been charged with first- or second-degree drug sale or possession, we urge you to contact us today to discuss your case and make sure that your rights are being protected.
