1. A drug conviction in Texas will result in the loss of your driver's permit. That will then add more surcharges and reinstatement fees that can run over $1000. You will at the same time have to take the Drug Offender Education Program (D.O.E.P.).
This class is for men and women who have been charged with a misdemeanor or felony drug criminal offense. This class will satisfy the necessity for education because of a revoked driver’s license. The standard program is 15 hours in duration taught in three-hour segments.
2. A conviction for drugs can result in your losing eligibility for some types of federal financial aid for higher education. Many schools may expel you in the event that the drug offense was committed on school property. So not only can you lose your driver's license, you may also lose your degree or diploma.
3. In cases where you have been charged with a drug criminal offense, it is almost a certainty that you will be examined for drugs at some point soon. That may be even when your on bond and even the first time you go to the courtroom. Marijuana can keep in your system for up to 6 weeks. Merchandise developed to beat the system do not really work, so don’t count on them. You should not do drugs of any sort while on bond or you risk experiencing your bond revoked and going to jail. Furthermore, you now appear to be an active drug user to the court making your case a great deal more difficult.
4. Drug residue including incredibly tiny quantities in a pipe or bag is a felony if it is a controlled substance. Marijuana must be a usable amount to be a criminal offense.
5. The most prevalent ways drug cases are beaten are either that there was an Illegal Search and Seizure or that there was insufficiency of Affirmative Links connecting a defendant and the drugs. In the event that the search was bad, the evidence can be suppressed. Affirmative Links arguments are situations such as when there are Four people in a vehicle and the state cannot establish the drugs belonged to any particular person. Often known as, it was the other guy not me.
Liberty County Criminal Lawyer Andy Nolen has used both of these tactics to have felony and misdemeanor drug cases dismissed.
6. The State must also demonstrate that the drugs were in actual fact drugs. Insisting that the “drugs” in question were in actual fact drugs can frequently get a case dismissed.
Liberty County Lawyer Andy Nolen not long ago had a felony possession of a controlled substances charge dismissed after requiring the state to test the “x pill”. Ended up, it wasn’t ecstasy at all and the case was dismissed. The thrilled client had a very upset brother who was also charged with the exact same thing but had a court appointed lawyer who plead him guilty and he is now on Four years felony probation for nothing! If he violates his probation, they will not reevaluate the evidence they will revoke him and incarcerate him.
Liberty County Criminal Lawyer Andy Nolen has practiced law for 20 years and has represented over 3000 clients and had hundreds of cases dismissed. He has successfully helped people with all types of drug cases from possession of drug paraphernalia to multi kilo cocaine case. Please call Liberty County Criminal Lawyer Andy Nolen to discuss your case for free at 832-480-8951.
