Are there Good Legal Defenses to Fight Drug Sale Offenses?
Yes, absolutely. Defending serious drug charges usually involves one of 3 basic strategies. 1 – Contest possession/ownership. If you are riding in a car with someone who happens to be transporting a quantity of drugs, you can be charged with the crime also. But the prosecution has to prove that the drugs were yours, and that you knew they were there. 2 – Challenge the search. You have a right to legal protection from search and seizure without a warrant. If the police searched your car, home or your person without permission and without a warrant, then they may have violated your Constitutional rights, and the results of the search cannot be used against you. There are a few exceptions to the search rules (plain view, exigent circumstances), but the police are bound to a strict interpretation of the law, and they must follow it. 3 – Get the charges reduced. A charge of distribution or sale of drugs can be “overcharged”. That is, you shouldn’t be charged with sale if the drugs were for
