Claris Law Legal Blogging Community

Editor: Tampa Criminal Attorneys
Profession: Tampa Defense Attorneys

Category: Criminal Law

On the date that our client was arrested for possession of less than twenty (20) grams of marijuana, police officers were originally responding to a domestic disturbance at an apartment complex. Upon their arrival, the officers made contact with our client and his girlfriend. During the officers' encounter with them, the officers asked both for ID, which the girlfriend had to retrieve from her apartment. While retrieving her ID, one of the officers that followed her to her apartment claimed to have smelled the odor of "burnt marijuana." When our client got to the apartment moments later, he responded to police questioning that the marijuana was in fact his. Despite this admission, the charge relating to the marijuana was dropped. Review the steps taken by the tampa criminal attorney who brought about the dismissal of this case. Many people think that your case is automatically dismissed when the police fail to read Miranda. This is not the case.