Category Archives: Drugs
Ears Everywhere: How Wiretaps and Confidential Informants Build a Federal Drug Conspiracy Case
By the time federal agents knock on your door, they have often been listening for months. A federal drug conspiracy indictment rarely starts with a single arrest. It usually ends one, built slowly through wiretapped phone calls, informants working both sides of a conversation, and a mountain of recorded evidence the defense will not… Read More »
Small Fish, Big Net: What It Means to Be a “Minor Participant” in a Multi-Defendant Drug Conspiracy
A federal drug conspiracy indictment often reads like a cast list for a play you never auditioned for. Fifteen names, one alleged scheme, and somewhere in the middle of it, you, wondering how a single delivery or a handful of phone calls landed you in the same indictment as people who ran the entire… Read More »
Sentencing Guidelines in New York for Drug Possession and Sale Crimes
Being convicted of a drug offense in New York State, whether for criminal possession of a controlled substance or for the criminal sale of a controlled substance can carry with it a significant sentence. Within those two umbrellas, however, are many different degrees of each crime depending on the type of drug and the… Read More »