Category Archives: Drug Crime
The Three Ps Of Drug Possession Charges In Florida
If you thought the War on Drugs was over, think again. True, the harsh mandatory minimum prison sentences which lawmakers approved in the 1980s are largely gone. But Florida peace officers still make tens of thousands of drug arrests every year. 80 percent of them are for simple possession. In most cases, it is… Read More »
Most Common Search Warrant Exceptions
A bedrock principle of American law is that police officers must have a search warrant, or probable cause, before they seize contraband of any kind. Usually, peace officers only obtain search warrants in large, multi-agency investigations, like probes of drug trafficking rings. In everyday cases, most prosecutors use the probable cause loophole. The Supreme… Read More »
The Three Ps Of A Drug Possession Case
Large drug seizure cases often dominate the headlines, but simple drug possession cases usually dominate court dockets in Hillsborough County and nearby jurisdictions. This approach might be a little behind the times. Especially in the post-opioid crisis era, many jurors view drug possession matters as health and safety issues as opposed to criminal law… Read More »
Three Most Common Search Warrant Exceptions in Drug Possession Cases
If you think the War on Drugs is over, think again. Drug possession arrests have increased significantly since 2015. Simple possession accounts for almost 90 percent of the drug arrests in Florida. Typically, things happen so fast in these cases that police officers do not have search warrants. So, prosecutors must rely on a… Read More »
The Three Ps of a Drug Possession Charge
The War on Drugs perhaps saw its most surreal moment when Elvis met Nixon in the White House in December 1970. The King asked Nixon to make him an undercover marshal, because according to a letter he gave the President, Elvis had “done an in-depth study of drug abuse and Communist brainwashing techniques.” We… Read More »
