Fairfax County Drug Distribution Attorney

By Rex Flynn,
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Speak with a proven Fairfax County Drug Distribution Attorney

Drug distribution and Possession with Intent to Distribute (PWID) charges are very serious charges in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  These charges will have a significant impact and collateral consequences on all aspects of not only your life, but the lives of your loved ones as well.  Whether it is employment, security clearance, immigration or school related, a conviction for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Schedule I/II drug will have far reaching consequences.  You need a proven Fairfax County Drug Distribution Attorney to fight for you.

What is Possession?

Every possession case can present problems for a prosecutor.  Mere proximity of a person to some contraband (in this instance, drugs) is not enough to prove Fairfax Drug Distribution Attorneypossession.  The prosecutor needs to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that (1) that the drugs were in your possession, and (2) that you were aware that they were drugs.  For example, if an officer pulls someone over, and they locate drugs in a car, that (by itself) would not prove that the person in the car was in possession of the drugs.  They would need to prove that the person in the car was also aware that the substance in the car was a drug.

To be clear, these cases are often proven with circumstantial evidence such statements by the person (or people) who were close to the drugs (it’s not mine, it’s his), behavior (nervous, jittery behavior, sweating, stuttering) or personal items located close to the contraband (for example a wallet, ID or credit card located in the same backpack / bag that the contraband was located).

 Possession with Intent to Distribute

With Drug Distribution charges, the prosecutor has to prove the additional element that the drugs found in your possession were intended to be distributed to someone else.  There are a number of ways that prosecutors attempt to do this.  If someone has been under surveillance, the prosecutors will attempt to put on eye-witness testimony at trial that someone bought some drugs from you.  In addition, if someone happens to be found with a large amount of a drug, that will be used as evidence, as well.  And also, if there is evidence of sales, such as baggies, large amounts of money, scales, etc., that will be introduced as evidence at trial.

Fairfax County PWID AttorneyJust because some of the above elements are present, does not mean that the prosecutor’s case is open and shut.  We can attack that evidence by questioning its credibility, and also by filing motions to suppress that evidence.  What an average juror may believe is a personal use amount of marijuana, may be the same amount that the prosecution is hanging its distribution case on.  Alternatively, a court may find that the the search or seizure was unconstitutional, and force the prosecutor to abandon the use of that evidence at trial.

The sad part, more often than not, is that these types of cases where defendants are in deep addiction and need substance abuse treatment, counseling and rehabilitation – not incarceration.  During the course of your case, we will fight not only to win your case, but also to seek compromise charges and treatment alternatives to incarceration.

If you or someone you care about has been charged in Fairfax County for PWID or Distribution of a Schedule I/II Drug, contact the Flynn Law Firm for a free consultation.  We are an African American law firm with 8 years of experience with drug possession cases in Fairfax.  These charges are serious, you deserve to be represented by an attorney that you trust and that will fight for you to the very end.  Give us a call today for a free consultation.