Category Archives: Drug Trafficking
PIKing Through a Drug Possession Case
Here’s an interesting set of statistics, or at least interesting to us. Drug possession accounts for 85 percent of drug arrests, yet just over 25 percent of the nation’s jail and prison population. Why the large disparity? Why do so many cases result in so few prison sentences? The number of moving parts in… Read More »
The Bill of Rights and Drug Trafficking Cases
James Madison, the Founding Father who spearheaded passage of the Bill of Rights, initially opposed them. In fact he called the proposals “parchment barriers” that provided no individual protections. Madison wasn’t wrong. For many years, the Bill of Rights was little more than a statement of purpose. The Supreme Court didn’t introduce the exclusionary… Read More »
Beating Drug Trafficking Charges In A Hillsborough County Court
The War on Drugs, which began in the late 1960s, probably hit its peak in 1986, after college basketball phenom Len Bias did a single line of cocaine at a party and immediately died. Many people thought Bias was a better player than Michael Jordan, and judging from Bias’ highlight reel on YouTube, they… Read More »
Taking On Drug Trafficking Charges In Hillsborough County
Almost all drug crime prosecutions in Florida are simple possession cases. However, whenever possible, authorities like to cut the head off the Hydra and prosecute suspected drug traffickers. A few drug trafficking prosecutions involve complex, multi-state distribution networks and are otherwise highly sophisticated. But most of these matters are low-level matters, such as a… Read More »
Procedural Defenses In Drug Trafficking Cases
At least subconsciously, many Hillsborough County jurors believe that “drug dealers” are the worst kind of criminals. As such, they are anxious to believe the prosecutor’s version of events in these cases, so they can punish these defendants as much as possible. Therefore, a procedural defense based on the Bill of Rights is often… Read More »
Top Five Drug Trafficking Charges
A drug trafficking offense could be anything from a single transaction to a complex, multistate operation. Generally, money does not need to change hands. If Terry gives her leftover pain pills to a coworker, Terry could be guilty of drug trafficking. Roughly 90 percent of these offenses involve one of the five substances listed… Read More »
