Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys who handle drug crimes very much understand the challenges certain types of Los Angeles drug crimes create. Possession has one set of penalties, sales has another and manufacturing has quite severe penalties. In Los Angeles, any drug crime defendant needs a qualified Los Angeles criminal defense attorney to help navigate the complicated drug laws in court.
Certain television shows have somewhat glamorized the drug scene. Showtime's "Weeds" features a single upper class mother who sells marijuana to make her living, while AMC's "Breaking Bad" centers around a suburban father diagnosed with cancer who turns to manufacturing methamphetamines to be able to leave his family money after his death. Both characters would face felony charges if they were arrested by police in Los Angeles. In the last season of "Weeds," Nancy Botwin (played by Mary Louise Parker) moves to a fictional Southern California town and becomes involved in cross-border drug-dealing and begins an affair with the corrupt mayor of Tijuana. In real life, a person in Nancy Botwin's situation would probably face criminal drug possession for sale and drug trafficking charges if her dealings were found out by police.
In Los Angeles, it is a felony criminal offense to possess or buy illegal drugs like marijuana with the intent to sell. Police and prosecutors in this example would not need to prove that Nancy Botwin actually sold the marijuana, just that she intended to sell it. Intent to sell could be proven if police find evidence such as packaging, scales, cutting agents or lots of people coming into or out of her home.
A conviction for her charges would most likely result in a minimum of two to four years in a state prison. Manufacturing drugs in Los Angeles could have even longer jail sentences. In "Breaking Bad," New Mexico-based Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher, would face a maximum of seven years in a state prison and up to $50,000 in fines for the manufacture of methamphetamines. Being implicated in either drug sales or trafficking is a serious criminal offense that requires the guidance and help of an experienced criminal defense lawyer.
A good lawyer knows that so often drug cases are won or lost in the details of a case. An experienced lawyer will go over the details of your case very carefully. In many cases, how evidence was collected by police may make it inadmissible in a court case against you. If you have been charged with a drug offense, you need a solid criminal defense lawyer right away.
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