DEA Intercepted Phone Calls That Led to Arrest for Transportation of 5 Pounds of Meth.

Initially the prosecutor was adamant on sending our client to prison for a lengthy period of time. We demonstrated that the wiretap warrant authorized by the judge to intercept our client’s telephone calls might be illegal. As a result, the prosecutor accepted our proposal for our client to serve just 180 days of Caltrans work instead of facing years behind bars.
(For a background story regarding the DEA’s wiretap operation, click here to read a USA Today news article)