Fighting a Minor Alcohol Possession Charge In the summertime, arrests for minor in possession of alcohol in Massachusetts go way up. It's just kids being kids, being outside, having time off from school, partying, going to concerts, and having fun with their…
A Motion to Suppress the Evidence against you in a drug case is often your best opportunity to beat a drug possession charge. If the drugs are entered into evidence at trial, it can be much more difficult to establish that the drugs may not have belonged to the defendant.
However, police officers still regularly and routinely execute illegal searches of either a vehicle or a person.
Annie Dookhan, the former drug lab chemist for the state of Massachusetts, pleaded guilty this week for her role in falsifying drug test results, a scheme that sent innocent people to prison. Now, Dookhan herself will be behind bars as she was sentenced to 3 to 5 years.
