Bridgeport Drug Crime Defense Attorney
Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Connecticut, prosecution for drug offenses can mean damage to your reputation, your career, and your family life, not just a threat to your freedom. If you have been arrested in Bridgeport or the areas surrounding Bridgeport, you need to contact a criminal law attorney at the Law Firm of Victoria T. Ferrara, P.C. Our attorneys have over 20 years of experience defending clients against drug offense charges.
Marijuana Possession · Crystal Meth Labs · Cocaine Distribution
Drug offenses or drug violations such as drug possession, distribution of crack cocaine, or methamphetamine manufacturing can each be charged as a federal or state crime in Connecticut. Often it depends on the amount of the controlled substance found by law enforcement whether the drug offense will be charged as a misdemeanor or felony. In either case, however, you need the assistance of a lawyer with experience in both plea bargaining and trying drug offense cases. Without such skillful defense, you can find yourself facing stiff penalties including jail time, a prison sentence, fines, and probation-even for a misdemeanor conviction for drug possession.
Marijuana · Heroin · Coke
Drug possession charges, whether for small amounts of marijuana or large volumes of heroin or cocaine, can follow you for the rest of your life. You don't want future potential employers to find either an arrest or a conviction for drug offenses on your criminal records. If you or a member of your family is facing drug offenses charges, contact our office to discuss options for staying out of jail and keeping your record clean.
Your Constitutional Rights · 4th Amendment · 5th Amendment
As you probably already know, under both Connecticut law and federal criminal law, if you are arrested, you have the right to an attorney, the right to remain silent, the right to be safe from unlawful searches and seizures. At the Law Firm of Victoria T. Ferrara, P.C. we notice that people being arrested for a first time often forget their rights even though they have heard them frequently repeated on the news, in the papers, and in numerous law and order show episodes.
Before your arrest on drug charges, protection of these rights may have not meant much to you. They were just the basis for TV lawyer and cop shows. Once you have been arrested, however, they may appear in a much stronger light. No matter how you look at your Constitutional rights, we are dedicated to their protection.
Presumption of Innocence
You probably also learned in elementary school, as most people do that under the United States Constitution criminal defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and convicted by a jury of their peers. These are rights that our attorneys also take very seriously. Our clients are just that to us-innocent until proven guilty. We do all that we can within criminal law and procedure to ensure that your rights are protected and that you stay out of jail and keep a clean record.
If you have been arrested for a drug offense, in Fairfield County, including the cities of Trumbull, Stratford, Shelton, Norwalk, and Fairfield, contact an attorney at the Law Firm of Victoria T. Ferrara, P.C. today.
