Drug Crimes

The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides important protections for people who are accused of crimes. One of the most important is the protection against being charged twice for the same crime. This is commonly known as the double jeopardy provision....

Being pulled over by the police while driving your vehicle is never a pleasant experience. In fact, many people feel extreme anxiety when pulled over while driving, even if they believe they have not done anything wrong. You may have seen police searching people’s...

While driving, you get pulled over on a traffic stop. Something suspicious alerts the law enforcement officer, who searches your car. The officer finds drugs inside a carrying bag that your passenger has. Although the drugs were not in your possession, you – as the...

Although recent changes to Indiana laws have reduced the potential penalties for certain drug crimes, possession and sale of narcotics is still taken very seriously. If you’ve been charged with even a minor crime, you’ll still need a reputable narcotics attorney in...

In the state of Indiana, the possession of narcotics is taken very seriously. But if you’ve been charged with the unlawful sale of a controlled dangerous substance (or CDS), this situation will carry an even greater weight. Because the legal ramifications pertaining...

Reform efforts to decriminalize marijuana possession nationwide are ongoing, and so far 19 states and Washington, D.C., have decriminalized possession of marijuana in small amounts. Indiana, however, is not one of those states. Here you face the possibility of jail...

Readers of this blog are likely aware that in recent years, there has been a considerable shift in people’s opinions on marijuana. Besides the medicinal benefits of marijuana, many people in the U.S. agree that it is not nearly as dangerous other substances, some of...

A 47-year-old Indiana elementary school teacher is facing drug charges after she was taken into custody at the school where she works. Police had previously searched her home in response to tips but found nothing. At the school, they found a container in her purse...

Indiana television viewers might be surprised to know that the man known as “Chumlee” on the History channel’s reality TV show “Pawn Stars” was arrested on March 9 by Las Vegas police and charged with drug and weapons offences. The charges involve evidence discovered...

The rapper Twista, whose real name is Carl Mitchell, was taken into custody on March 24 in northwest Indiana on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession. He was in Indiana to perform at a concert, but the concert was canceled due to his arrest. Reportedly, the...