Bronx Drug Selling Lawyers

Being arrested and charged with selling drugs can be a harrowing experience. You might have been in the wrong place at the wrong time and the victim of a police operation in which they did not bother to distinguish the actual perpetrators of the crime from those who happened to be in the vicinity. This occurs quite frequently, and you should not be threatened and bullied into confessing to something you did not do. If you find yourself in a cage unexpectedly, your first phone call should be to an attorney. Not just any lawyer, but a lawyer who specializes in drug trafficking defense cases.

Police and Prosecutor Incentives

Police and prosecutors who have put together an operation designed to disrupt a drug distribution and retail operation have a great deal riding on its success. They have been given money and resources and the powers that be expect results. If the outcome is less than grand, then the law enforcement officials involved will look weak and incompetent. It may stall a few promising careers or even cause some people to be transferred to less preferable posts.

This gives the people who arrested you and the people who intend to convict you of drug trafficking every incentive to make the case against you, no matter what the truth may be. But you should not be mistreated, you should not have your rights trampled on, and you should not be made to confess to a crime you didn’t commit just to make a prosecutor look good or to give a police officer a better chance for advancement.

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Legal Scenario: What Would You Do?

Scenario

You were standing outside a bodega in the Bronx talking to a friend when undercover officers conducted a sweep of the block and arrested everyone present, charging you with criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree. Security camera footage from the bodega shows you never exchanged anything with anyone, yet prosecutors are pressuring you to accept a plea deal.

Can I really be convicted of drug selling just for being near where a transaction allegedly took place?

Attorney's Answer

Under New York Penal Law § 220.39, criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree requires proof that you knowingly and unlawfully sold a narcotic drug — mere presence at the scene is not enough to sustain a conviction. Your attorney can file a motion to obtain and preserve that bodega surveillance footage, which could be powerful exculpatory evidence under Brady v. Maryland. An experienced Bronx drug defense lawyer can also challenge the arresting officers' identification procedures and any buy-and-bust operation protocols that failed to distinguish you from actual suspects. Do not accept any plea deal or make any statements to law enforcement until you have consulted with counsel who understands how these street-level drug operations are prosecuted in Bronx County.

This is general information only. Contact us for advice specific to your situation.

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