Drug Crimes

Redwood City, California Drug Offense Lawyer

If you have been charged with a drug offense, including possession, distribution, or trafficking at the state level, you need aggressive representation. While laws have been changed to offer the option of treatment instead of jail time, the charges are serious. You need an attorney who will aggressively and vigorously defend your rights.

Protecting Your Rights

At the law office of Jeffrey B. Hayden, Attorney at Law, I will diligently represent you, if you have been charged with a drug offense. My job will be to investigate the evidence against you and the procedures related to any traffic stop or search and seizure. If any police actions that led up to your drug offense arrest violated your rights, I will seek to have the evidence excluded and your charges dismissed. Please know that if you are facing federal drug charges, I will refer you to a qualified federal drug offense attorney who can represent you.

Option of Treatment By Law

Presenting you in a positive light to the prosecution is vital following your drug offense charge. If the prosecuting attorneys see an effort on your part to correct your behavior, it can mean a better result in your sentencing.

Proposition 36 changed state law to allow those charged with first-time or second-time non-violent, simple drug possession to receive substance abuse treatment as opposed to incarceration. However, if you have been charged after two convictions, immediate enrollment into a substance abuse program on your own volition may help your case.

For more information or to schedule a free initial consultation, please contact me.