Re: Possesion of Pound of Marjunia

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On 4/04/06, Brina wrote:
> I recently was caught with a pound of Marjunia. I was in
> Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia. I was pulled over
by
> two DEA agents they pulled me over stating that I did not
> signal when changing lanes. They searched my car and
found
> the drugs and I was arrested I was never read my meranda
> rights. I have no idea what I am facing I am out on R O R
> right now. If you can give me an idea of what I might be
> looking at I would appreciate it. I do have priors from
> years before but not for drugs.

I can't help you on the sentence for a conviction of one
pound of marijuan, or the sentencing guidelines (what the
judge typically gives), but you can find information on that
by checking the federal statutes and consulting with an
attorney, or some simple Google research. I think the
federal code for marijuana is 21 U.S.C. Chapter 13 - check
the following for the relevant laws:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode21/usc_sup_01_21
_10_13_20_I.html

(stitch URL together if it wraps).

Note that the fact they didn't read you Miranda warnings
only helps for a very limited purpose - excluding evidence
from trial of admissions you made in response to their
questions if you were under arrest (in a nutshell). In
other words, you can't use Miranda to suppress evidence that
you didn't signal, or that they smelled a strong odor of
marijuana when they pulled you over.

Just an aside, DEA agents don't patrol the interstates for
traffic violations. You were being followed because they
found evidence indicating you were involved in the
interstate transport of marijuana. Perhaps one of your
associates rolled over on you, or your phone was tapped.

This is a big time offense - without even looking it up, I'd
be pretty sure that trafficking of that much marijuana
carries a pretty stiff jail term. The fact that you may
have other arrests or convictions will only serve to make
the ultimate sentence (if convicted) that much stiffer.

You need a good attorney, who can investigate the
admissibility of the evidence that led to your arrest. And
you need to re-evaluate your life - doing things like this
will not lead to a happy outcome. Especially when you are
obviously now under the DEA's microscope....

TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS - CHAPTER 13 - DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL