Facing a drug charge? You will need a skilled attorney to mitigate or avoid a conviction.
If you are charged with a drug crime, you will face serious repercussions. You may be facing fines, supervision, drug rehabilitation programs, or incarceration.
Let Mr. Floyd help you review your case.
Types of Drug Crimes
Drug charges can range from the ordinary to the very serious. The severity of the potential punishments are affected by your criminal history, the type of drug involved, the quantity found, and the surrounding circumstances.
Drug crimes can be found in K.S.A. 21-5701 through 21-5717. Drug crimes in Kansas can be broken into the following broad categories:
–Manufacturing Unlawful Drugs
–Cultivation of Unlawful Drugs
–Selling/Distributing Unlawful Drugs
–Possessing Unlawful Drugs with Intent to Distribute
–Possession of Unlawful Drugs.
Punishments for Drug Crimes
Minor drug crimes, like possession of marijuana, can carry jail time of up to 6 months and/or a fine if it is your first offense. Other minor drug crimes carry jail time of up to 12 months and/or a fine. Those crimes are usually misdemeanors.
Felony drug possession can carry up to 34 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections. However, on a first offense and if other criteria are met, you could receive mandatory drug treatment instead of an immediate prison sentence.
Possessing unlawful drugs with intent to distribute or selling/distributing/cultivating/manufacturing unlawful drugs can be punished by up to 204 months prison, depending on the quantity of the drugs.
Defending Drug Charges
There are a number of ways to mitigate or avoid conviction for drug chares.
One of those ways introducing doubt as to the elements of the offense. The prosecutor has to prove each element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. By introducing doubt about one of the elements, an attorney may be able to help you avoid conviction.
Another way to defend a drug charge is beating it before trial. A skilled attorney can help you determine if you were the victim of an illegal search or seizure.
Contact Mr. Floyd to Assist You
Do not face a drug charge alone. Assert your rights and prepare your defense with Mr. Floyd.
