Plea Bargains In Marijuana Drug Cases

Interviewer: Would your advice be the same for a charge involving marijuana instead of alcohol?

Michael Kramer: Usually not, because marijuana cases, over the course of time have been treated much more lightly than other drug cases. Therefore you’ll probably be offered a plea bargain, which is too good to turn down. Usually the plea is to something that will not give your client a criminal record.

Interviewer: What if it’s something like cocaine or methamphetamines or something like that?

With Hard Drugs, Such as Cocaine, Quantity and How It was Possessed Are Factors in a Favorable Plea Bargain Offer

Michael Kramer: It depends upon the quantity. It depends upon the circumstances under which it was found. It depends on how it was found, in terms of packaging. All of these things lend themselves to whether the charge will be reduced to something that’s worth considering.

If the cocaine was found, for example, in individual ten dollar packets, it lends itself to the assumptions that this person’s not just possessing cocaine for their own use, but there might be the intent to sell. These are all factors that you have to consider in terms of whether to decide to contest it.

Domestic Violence Charges

Interviewer: For domestic violence cases, for instance, is that a little bit more complex because it’s involving two parties?

Michael Kramer: Domestic violence cases are usually mini divorce trials. If they wind up at trial, and a few rarely do, it usually involves all the acrimony, and all the bad feelings that were developed over years.

Domestic Violence Cases That Do Not Involve Serious Injury Are Usually Resolved Prior to Trial

They’re not very pleasant cases to undertake. Airing your dirty laundry in public, acts as a deterrent for individuals to want to go to trial. Usually domestic violence cases, unless the injuries are substantial, lend themselves to being resolved in means other than a trial.