If you've found yourself with a drug trafficking charge, you'll need to contact an experienced professional to ensure that you're doing everything you can to lessen the charges. According to Online Sunshine, possession of 25 lbs. to 9,999 lbs. of cannabis or 300 to 1,999 plants will result in a minimum of three years in prison and a $25,000 fine. This information remains constant, even though several states have begun to pursue a process of decriminalization. Until decriminalization, a criminal defense lawyer is your best defense against receiving a potentially lengthy sentence for possession or trafficking.

1. Enforcing your Fifth Amendment Right Against Self-Incrimination

Your criminal defense lawyer can help you with a drug trafficking charge usually as soon as you are arrested. No one should be talking to the police at any time without a lawyer present. Whether in your home or after being arrested, you should be legally advised. Police practice how to trick people into incriminating themselves. A Miranda rights violation can no longer be reliably counted on to get a dismissal, so although you still have the right not to incriminate yourself, you also have the responsibility to consistently enforce it.

2. Building a Robust Defense Strategy

In movies and TV, cases often turn on a single defense tactic. In real court proceedings, the first defense by the defendant is usually not going to work. A robust defense strategy that can take multiple hits and continue to work is necessary. Police and prosecutors know that they have the job of proving their case beyond a reasonable doubt. A robust defense strategy means designing your defense so that if the prosecutor proves one element of the case beyond a reasonable doubt, the entire case doesn't immediately fall apart.

3. Giving You Experienced and Solid Advice

This is as much on you as the defendant as it is on your criminal defense attorney, but the main lesson is to listen to your attorney. Drug trafficking is a serious offense and you'll need professional assistance and advice from a criminal defense lawyer to get the best possible terms for it. Make sure that you're heeding your defense lawyer's advice as much as possible, and you may be able to get out of your charges without seeing the inside of a jail cell.

Criminal defense attorneys are often your last line of defense when you find yourself in a sticky situation. Call Hollander & Hanuka Attorneys at Law today to discuss your rights and how you can defend them.