Drug offense penalties can be very serious. You could end up in county jail or state prison. Your car or anything else linked to the drug crime could be taken away (Forfeiture Proceedings). You could lose your driver’s license, have to pay a fine, and/or be required to register as a narcotics offender.
How the crime is charged and punished depends on the type and quantity of the drugs involved, whether the drugs were for personal use or for sale, and if the defendant has a criminal record, especially prior drug convictions. (If you are facing a second offense for sales of narcotics you are looking at a minimum 3 year enhancement for the prior sales conviction which is added to the time/sentence on your current drug charge.)
• For example, a first-time offender selling 100 grams to 5 kilograms of heroin has a mandatory minimum sentence of five years.
• Manufacturing, producing, or preparing methamphetamine has a maximum sentence of seven years and fines up to $50,000.
Stephen G. Rodriguez is an experienced Los Angeles Drug Attorney. If you are undergoing Drug charges in Los Angeles, and need a criminal defense attorney, call Stephen G. Rodriguez at (213) 223-2173.
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I have drug charges in Los Angeles. Your attorney website and blog gave me the information I needed. Thanks.
What a lot of people don’t know is that a good Los Angeles Drug Attorney is hard to come by. It really takes somebody with an expertise to see these cases through.
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