In Long Beach recently, police officers arrested several people for allegedly operating a drug trafficking ring. According to news reports, among the charges they now face is “conspiring to distribute narcotics.” What does a conspiracy to commit a drug crime mean? There are a variety of drug crimes on the books, including drug possession and…
We’re in the middle of a high-stakes case where our office is helping a 20-year-old mother who is charged with conspiracy to commit murder. If convicted, she could spend the rest of her life in prison. If interested in reading news articles about the case, click on the links below. For The Press Enterprise click…
Proposition 36 and Drug Treatment With the passage of Proposition 36 in 2000, California Courts are required to grant probation and drug treatment to any individual convicted of a “nonviolent drug possession offense” and prohibits incarceration in a county jail as a condition of probation. “Drug possession” includes the possession of illegal substances as well…
At a first glance, it seems that the common-sense answer should be “No”. However, the law is not so much concerned with who owns the drug but with who possesses it. So for example, you can be convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony for holding (i.e. possessing) someone else’s meth. You can also be…
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