Blog Posts in June, 2011
Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Obviously, the Fourth Amendment is trying to protect "the people" from unreasonable searches and seizures (mainly warrantless searches and seizures not supported by probable cause). Initially, Fourth ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Much of our contemporary life seems to be far different than the life led by the Framers of the Constitution. In fact, it is very difficult for us to relate to them and seems that we have nothing in ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
For the next several blog entries, we will discuss the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution to The United States of America. Let us begin with the text of the Fourth Amendment and we will explore the ...
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Posted on Jun 24, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
We receive this question often. The answer is an emphatic yes. Though drugs like Ritalin, Xanax, and Valium are common drugs, they are drugs that are highly regulated and monitored by local, state, ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
The drugs contained within the Penalty Group 2 are drugs like Ecstacy , PCP, and Mescaline. If you are charged and convicted for distribution of a drug that is contained within Penalty Group 2, then ...
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Posted on Jun 22, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
The good ole 60s and 70s gave us this classic drug. The number of users and dealers have decreased in notoriety, though, over the last four decades. In fact, one rarely hears about someone getting ...
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Posted on Jun 21, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
We have been discussing the punishment range for those people charged with possession of a controlled substance. Today, we address the issue of what can occur if you are charged with distribution of a ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
We have been exploring the byzantine maze that is the Texas Health and Safety Code and the Texas Penal Code. The cross-reference between the two makes for a head-splitting venture sometimes, however, ...
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Posted on Jun 17, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Continuing the stroll through the five different classifications of controlled substance penalty groups, we find ourselves on Penalty Group 2. The drugs contained within the Penalty Group 2 are drugs ...
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Posted on Jun 16, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
As we noted in previous blogs, Texas divides controlled substances into five penalty groups. The penalty group that we will discuss today is a flashback to the 1970s: LSD. Lysergic acid diethylamide, ...
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Posted on Jun 15, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
As we noted in our blog entry yesterday, the level of crime that you can be charged with for POSSESSION of a controlled substance (note there is a different range of punishment for delivery of a ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
The Texas Legislature regulates the penalty for possession of a controlled substance in Texas. However, according to the Texas Health and Safety Code, the Texas Legislature delegated to the Texas ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Texas does not prosecute possession of drugs only. In fact, Texas will prosecute a person for possession of drug paraphernalia. Thus, it is a separate criminal charge in Texas. Texas classifies ...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
If we listen to our grandparents, texting is going to be the end of the universe. Texting and driving has become a major social issue. Congressman Anthony Weiner has just learned the hard way about ...
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Posted on Jun 9, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Theresia L. Beckett, 56, from Spokane, Washington has been arrested six times in one year for prescription fraud charges. She is now in jail on a $125,000 bond. She has two additional pending felony ...
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Posted on Jun 8, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
According to an article on CNNMoney, "prescription drug abuse is not the fastest-growing drug problem in the country." There are several ways that the prescription drugs are being trafficked ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
Luckily, Willie Nelson's Blue Eyes won't be crying in the rain. It appears to the country music legend evades more than taxes--he also evades marijuana prosecution, as well. Willie was charged with ...
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Posted on Jun 6, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
A Texas A & M football player was arrested for possession of marijuana in Brazos County, Texas. Damontre Moore, a sophomore at the university, was supposed to contend for the starting outside ...
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Posted on Jun 1, 2011 By Plano Drug Attorney
As a result of three recent heroin deaths, 17 teens and young adults have been indicted for distributing heroin around the Flower Mound area. In the last year, three people have died from heroin ...
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