Not exact matches
This is the same woman that crashed the car with him in it last year
when he was arrested
for marijuana possession, which almost cost him his job.
I've never been arrested or around
marijuana at all except
when I arrested someone
for possession.
This usually crops up
when young people of color are asked to empty their pockets by police (yes, even now that the NYPD has reduced the frequency of stop - and - frisks); in 2010, the state arrested more than 100,000 people
for marijuana possession, leaving more reactionary destinations like Texas in the dust.
When City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D - Jackson Heights) criticized Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration
for the large number of
marijuana possession arrests made on his watch and advocated
for legalizing medical
marijuana, he said he was not dismissing the drug's ill effects.
«Some of our police officers are making race - based discretionary decisions on who they're going to arrest
for low - level
marijuana possession,» said Leroy Gadsden, the president of a branch of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People in Jamaica, Queens, and the chairman of the criminal justice committee
for the statewide N.A.A.C.P. «Therefore, of course, if you're a young, black male, even a female, you're going to feel that you're being targeted
when you notice that your white counterparts are not being arrested
for the same thing.»
Synopsis:
When her boyfriend is arrested
for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy (Charlize Theron) and her 11 - year - old daughter, Tara (AnnaSophia Robb), take... [MORE]
He had also achieved great amounts of success that included securing an acquittal at trial
for a client charged with possessing a controlled substance, obtaining a discharge
for a client charged with domestic assault
when the Crown wanted a conviction and permanent criminal record, and drafting an appeal factum that resulted in the overturning of a conviction
for possession of
marijuana on grounds that the client's Charter right to speak to a lawyer was violated.
American border officials treat a drug conviction as a «crime of moral turpitude», whcih makes a person inadmissible into the U.S. Therefore it is imperative to avoid a conviction
when charged, even it is
for the
possession of a single joint of
marijuana.
Instead of arresting you, impounding your car, and taking you to jail to await trial (unless you can make bail), the police will now give you a summons
for when you must appear in court to answer
for the
possession of
marijuana charge.
When facing the serious charge of
marijuana possession for the purposes of trafficking, you need a criminal defence lawyer who is current on the legal issues and meticulous in preparing your defence.
When I look at the court dockets there tends to be a lot of arrests
for possession of
marijuana and DWI.