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Can I be Charged With Drug Crimes Even When the Police are Investigating Something Else?

You would think that if the police come out for one purpose that they are not allowed to search your home and arrest you for other reasons. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Just ask the Lake Elsinore man under arrest by the Riverside County Sheriff’s department. The sheriff’s department was called to investigate a…

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Probation Violation | Temecula, Murrieta and Hemet Criminal Defense Attorney

When you are charged with any crime, whether you faced jail time or not, you probably were assigned a probationary period. In Riverside County, the probation term is usually 3 to 5 years long. During this period of time, there are a number of things that can ultimately result in you facing probation violations charges….

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Temecula and Murrieta Prescription Forgery Defense Attorney | Criminal Defense Lawyer

Proposition 36 and Drug Treatment With the passage of Proposition 36 in 2000, California Courts are required to grant probation and drug treatment to any individual convicted of a “nonviolent drug possession offense” and prohibits incarceration in a county jail as a condition of probation. “Drug possession” includes the possession of illegal substances as well…

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Can I be convicted for being in possession of marijuana, meth, ecstasy or cocaine even if it belongs to someone else and I do not have physical possession of the drug?

At a first glance, it seems that the common-sense answer should be “No”. However, the law is not so much concerned with who owns the drug but with who possesses it. So for example, you can be convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony for holding (i.e. possessing) someone else’s meth. You can also be…