If you have been charged with trafficking an illegal drug or substance in Florida, you may be concerned about what comes next. Trafficking charges can have heavy consequences, especially in Florida. Florida takes drug crimes seriously and, for many drug charges, requires mandatory minimum jail time and fines. If you roll the dice and hope for the best in dealing with your trafficking charges, there is a good chance that you will serve time. The best thing you can do when facing drug trafficking charges in Florida is to hire an attorney to help you fight them. Being convicted of drug trafficking can be a felony, which has life-altering consequences. A felony conviction can affect everything from your available housing options to job qualifications. The best way to avoid the consequences of a drug trafficking conviction is to ensure that you are not convicted in the first place.

Getting Your Florida Drug Trafficking Case Dismissed

When you are charged with a crime and placed under arrest, it can feel like the outcome is already set in stone. In reality, though, there are many ways the criminal justice process can play out. It is still possible to have the charges against you dismissed, or to have you plead guilty or no contest to a lesser or more serious office. An experienced Florida criminal defense attorney can assess the facts and circumstances of your case to determine whether any bases for dismissal exist. A lawyer can help you challenge the charges if the search or seizure leading to your arrest was illegal or unconstitutional. For instance, if the officers had no probable cause to pull you over in the first case, or searched your car without probable cause or consent, it may be possible to get any evidence that they seized excluded from consideration and the charges against you dismissed. Likewise, if there are issues with the chain of custody of the evidence, it may be possible to have the evidence excluded. The state must be able to establish that the evidence that they seized at the scene of the crime is the same evidence that was tested in a lab and presented in court. Gaps or inconsistencies in the chain of custody can make it impossible to establish this. An experienced attorney can review all of the evidence in your case to determine the strongest possible defense and best course of action.