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Rhode Island Drug Defense Lawyer

Defenses to Drug Offenses

The best defense to a drug possession or drug sale charge, whether it be marijuana, cocaine, prescription pills, or any other illegal narcardic, is to challenge how the evidence was obtained by law enforcement. The government builds its possession, sale and trafficking cases based on evidence obtained through searches and seizures. Law enforcement must comply with the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 6 of the Rhode Island Constitution and well-established search and seizure laws in order to legally obtain evidence.

Evidence obtained by an illegal search and seizure, which is found to have violated an individual's rights is inadmissible and will be suppressed resulting in a dismissal of the case. In other words, a win.

There are many ways in which law enforcement may violate a persons rights. One of the most common examples is obtaining an involuntary consent to search a person's home or automobile. Do not forget the following Constitutional rights: you have the right not to consent to a search of your property or person and the right to insist that the police get a warrant before searching you, your home or automobile. If the police threaten you in any way to get your consent, for example, threatening to take your child away or having you deported, the consent is not voluntary and therefore the search is illegal.

Drug Delivery, Manufacture, and Trafficking Charges

A conviction for drug delivery, manufacture or trafficking offenses can ruin your life and reputation, and send you to jail for a long time. These are serious drug charges which call for respected and responsive criminal defense representation. Almost all drug trafficking charges in the State of Rhode Island carry a sentance with a maximum penelty of at least 30 years at the ACI. While others may carry an even higher sentence based on the amount of drugs and/or the location of where the drug where sold.

I have handled over hundreds of drug delivey, manufacturing or possession with intent to deliver case. As a drug defense lawyer, I posess the professional abilities, personal qualities, and track record of success that can get results for you. I will fight tirelessly to get your drug charges dismissed. Thoughout my legal carrer I have had numerous possession, sale and trafficking cases dismissed or reduced based on the police's violation of my clients Constitutional rights

Aggressive Drug Crime Representation

I provide a wide variety of legal services to clients charged with drug posession, drug delivery, manufacture or trafficking offenses, including investigations, bail hearings, supression hearings, probation violations, and/or motions to dismiss. By hiring me, you will receive a lawyer who knows the ins and outs of search and seizure laws increasing the chance that your drug case can be dismissed or reduced to a lesser charge.

I represent clients who have been charged with crimes in association with the following drugs: