If your case involves a search of your person, vehicle or home, I will research every aspect of the case to have the illegally obtained evidence suppressed (i.e. "thrown out"). Evidence obtained during the execution of a search warrant or arrest warrant can also be contested. If successful, this evidence CAN NOT be used against you.

The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects all individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures. Police officers too often ignore these principles when conducting investigations. When the police seize evidence illegally, it is more than just a "technicality" because it implicates the very validity of the arrest.

Without constitutional requirements that protect the rights of citizens, the freedoms that all law-abiding citizens enjoy would be jeopardized. Hiring me, an experienced Drug Crimes Defense Attorney, to contest the legality of each step taken by the police is critical to your defense.

Filing and litigating motions to suppress are particularly important in drug cases, particularly those in which the charge is unlawful possession. The main issue that can be raised by the defense is whether the law enforcement officers obtained the drugs lawfully. In these cases, there is often little point in proceeding with a trial if there is no factual dispute and if the search and seizure issue has been resolved unfavorably to the defendant in the trial court. Instead, the more practical approach would be to enter a nolo contendere plea reserving the right to appeal the denial of the pretrial motion to suppress.