For my May newsletter, I let my Public Relations Manager, Laura take over this article. Here is what she had to say about Chambers Cakery: Chambers is my all-time favorite place to get a cupcake or buy a cake from. I have been a customer for over 10 years. The first cake Melissa made for […]

This is probably the main myth that I hear about driving on suspended cases. People say, “I was told that if I get my license fixed, the case will be dropped.” That’s just simply wrong. The charge you’re facing is that your license was in fact suspended on the day you received the ticket. Just […]

This argument is similar to the one about only having a little bit of marijuana. Many people tell me that all the officer found was a bowl or a grinder or a pipe; that the police didn’t actually find marijuana. However, this is ignoring what’s basically microscopic marijuana in the bowl or grinder or pipe. […]

For a charge of Virginia possession of marijuana, the Commonwealth doesn’t have to prove a specific amount of marijuana in your possession; they just have to prove that you had some marijuana. That’s why the defense of claiming that there was only a little bit is not enough to get you out of the charge. […]

For a possession of marijuana case, the Commonwealth does not have to prove that you actually used marijuana. They don’t have to prove that it was in possession in your body. All they have to prove it was in your possession. The normal way they prove that is by showing that they found it in […]

Hopefully you see the problem with this right there in the title. If you consented to the search, the officer doesn’t need a reason. Unfortunately, not everyone understands that because people aren’t taught about their rights these days. The basic rule under the United States Constitution is that we are free from unreasonable search and […]

I talk to countless people about their possession of marijuana charge and in many instances one of the first things I hear is that the marijuana wasn’t theirs. Unfortunately, that’s a losing defense. Let me add the caveat that every case depends on the facts and circumstances of each unique case, and it could work […]

In some cases, the driver of the vehicle or the possessor of marijuana readily gives it over to the officer. Officers are very skilled about getting people to hand over contraband. However, in some cases they do have to perform a search in order to find a substance. The law of search and seizure in […]

If you’re charged with possession of marijuana, it seems straightforward but the Commonwealth does have to prove that the substance they claim you had was in fact marijuana. In many cases this is a straightforward situation. Many clients will admit that it was marijuana when the officer asks them about the substance they find. But […]

In many cases for possession of marijuana, my clients end up charged with possession of marijuana due to a routine traffic stop. The officer finds some reason to pull them over for something, begins to discuss the ticket that he thinks he’s going to issue, and ends up with probable cause for marijuana. But what […]