Sentences with phrase «prosecuted for possession»

Subsequently he was prosecuted for possession of crack cocaine, possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of the proceeds of crime, and resisting arrest.

There is also a misconception that people are not charge or prosecuted for possession marijuana; they are — at an ever increasing rate.

A charge of drunken driving filed against a West Scranton man was dismissed Wednesday by a Lackawanna County judge because the man had already been prosecuted for possession of marijuana stemming from the same incident.

Clarifies that it is lawful for a person with a license to manufacture industrial hemp products or engage in scientific, agricultural, or other research involving the applications of industrial hemp and that no person shall be prosecuted for the possession, cultivation, or manufacture of industrial hemp plant material or products.

Not exact matches

The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office stopped prosecuting most people arrested for the first time for low - level pot possession in July.

At a City Council hearing on Monday, Queens Councilman Rory Lancman, chairman of the Committee on Justice Systems, asked the city's five district attorneys to decline to prosecute individuals who are arrested for low - level marijuana possession for misdemeanors.

It is important for public confidence in the criminal justice system that the person caught in possession of a knife or offensive weapon without reasonable excuse should normally be brought before the courts and prosecuted.

Seriously ill medical marijuana patients in Minnesota are still being prosecuted for the «crime» of marijuana possession or cultivation may find that other legal defenses will have greater efficacy than the medical necessity defense, or jury nullification.

The courts will do what they can to help reduce, and, so far as practicable, eradicate it... it is important for public confidence in the criminal justice system that the man or woman caught in possession of a knife or offensive weapon without reasonable excuse should normally be brought before the courts and prosecuted... whatever other considerations may arise in the individual case, sentencing courts must have in the forefront of their thinking that the sentences for this type of offence should focus on the reduction of crime, including its reduction by deterrence, and the protection of the public.

Illinois is currently aggressively prosecuting any drug charges, including those for possession.