Southern California Drug Arrest Attorney
Aggressive Criminal Defense
The district attorney will be anxious to convict you
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who will be there to fight for you?
If you have been charged with a drug crime, you know that the
district attorney sees you as just another conviction statistic.
They are not interested in any extenuating circumstances and do
not see drug use as a victimless crime. When you contact
drug defense lawyer Antonio J. Bestard in Southern California
you can count on being treated as a human being who deserves a
good defense just like everyone else. Attorney
Antonio J. Bestard has more than 27 years of broad legal experience
aggressively defending clients following a drug arrest of:
- Heroin / Smack
- Cocaine or Crack
- Marijuana / Pot / Cannabis - Medical Marijuana Issues and
Cases
- Methamphetamines / Meth / Crystal
- Ecstasy (MDMA) / Club Drugs / Date Rape Drugs
- LSD / PCP
- Prescription Medications like Oxycontin, Vicodin, Ritalin,
Valium, Adivan
- Phony Prescription Cases
- Sales / Manufacture / Transport / Conspiracy
Whether you have been charged with possession, sales, smuggling,
manufacture, distribution, transportation, or trafficking, Southern
California criminal defense lawyer Antonio J. Bestard has the
experience and knowledge to examine every legal loophole for your
benefit and do everything possible to have your case dismissed
or your sentence reduced.
Drug Laws in California are Tough !
Often, even casual or experimental drug users find themselves
being charged with enhanced crimes like intent to sell or transporting
because the state legislature has determined the amount of drugs
needed to qualify for these crimes. Many users routinely buy drugs
in amounts that exceed these limits, even though it is only for
their own personal use. Thus, they are vulnerable to the increased
penalties and problems of the enhanced charges, when they come
to the attention of the police and are arrested with drugs.
Collective Possession
Collective possession is another legal concept that can be used
to stack the deck against the defendant in a criminal drug case.
When a group of individuals come to the attention of the police
and there are drugs present or nearby, they can charge everybody
at the scene with possession or even intent to sell!
Usually, these charges tend to stick on the people with drug
or criminal backgrounds even though in the current incident for
which they have been arrested they are completely innocent! Separating
an individual from these serious charges can be difficult, but
it is something that Southern California drug defense attorney
Antonio J. Bestard has successfully accomplished many, many times.
Repeat Offender
Three Strikes Laws
Gang Enhancements
Other unfair tools used by the prosecution to convict defendants
in drug cases are repeat offender / three strikes laws, and gang
enhancements. In criminal law, the term "enhancement" means that
there is a condition or circumstance that is more egregious, or
serious, than it otherwise might be. A gang
enhancement means that a crime was committed for the benefit
of a gang, or by someone who has (rightly or wrongly) been identified
by the police as affiliated with a gang. The prosecution will
also attempt to label a defendant in a drug case as a repeat offender
or apply some part of the 'three strikes law" to make their work
easier and send people to prison. Therefore, if the presumption
that a defendant is a repeat offender or a gang member is allowed
to go unchallenged and found to be true by the court, the defendant
will receive a much harsher punishment than if the same crime
had been committed by someone else.
When Southern California criminal defense attorney Antonio J.
Bestard represents you in a drug case, you will have the satisfaction
of knowing that everything possible will be done to reduce the
charges or get the matter thrown out of court. If he is not able
to get your drug arrest thrown out of court, Antonio J. Bestard
will do everything possible to reduce your exposure and attempt
to keep you out of jail.
Drug Treatment
While clients may undergo drug treatment as alternative sentencing
through programs like Proposition 36, Drug Court, Deferred Entry
of Judgment, and Sentenced Offender's Drug Court, assignment to
such programs is not automatic and not always easy. Drug classes
and drug treatment may have to be vigorously fought and agitated
for! The district attorney will be dismayed at losing a quick
and easy conviction, especially for repeat offenders.
More emphasis needs to be placed on treatment instead of punishment
when drug use is the charge in a criminal case. The system is
not always designed to address these issues and is looking for
the quick and easy way to resolve the case. The quick and easy
way is to send the drug user to jail or prison. But, that does
not help the drug user, or society - for the drug user will only
leave prison or jail with an ongoing drug problem.
Only through treatment can the problem be addressed. Only by
having a caring and understanding lawyer such as Southern California
drug defense attorney Antonio J. Bestard does the client have
a chance of obtaining treatment instead of incarceration. Sometimes
it takes an attorney with determination and strength to stand
up to the system, point out its errors, and persuade the court
and district attorney to do not only the right thing, but the
best thing for everyone - treatment, not incarceration.
Antonio J. Bestard Will Fight For You
When criminal defense attorney Antonio J. Bestard works on your
behalf to fight your drug arrest, he will work hard to present
you in a favorable light and give the court every reason to give
you another chance. Attorney consistently achieves significantly
better results that other less experienced or aggressive attorneys,
and has a much higher rate of placing clients in drug treatment
programs.
Due to the "three strikes law", "collective possession," and
"gang enhancement" law, it is even
more important than ever to have the skill and tenacity that Antonio
J. Bestard will bring to your drug defense. With the tougher laws
in both adult and juvenile crimes, having a felony conviction
on your record can follow you for the rest of your life and affect
everything from your credit record to job opportunities.
Antonio J. Bestard Will Protect Your Rights
The terms of settlement of a drug case are very important. Seemingly,
"good deals" that have no jail terms and look good at first glance
may result in serious life-long complications and restrict your
freedoms, including requirements that you register as a drug addict,
forgo your right to bear arms, restrict your employment opportunities
by denying you an occupational or vocational license, or mess
up or invalidate your green card or immigration status. Southern
California drug defense attorney Antonio J. Bestard has the background
and experience to negotiate these case settlements in ways that
will not restrict your life or have negative long-term consequences.
Call Today for an Initial Consultation
If you or a family member has been charged with
a drug crime, call 24-Hour / 1-909-623-2629 to
contact criminal law attorney Antonio J.
Bestard and start working on a strong legal defense today.
Contact California defense lawyer Antonio J. Bestard
today.
24 Hours - 24-Hour / 1-909-623-2629
Telephones are answered 24 hours a day.
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Antonio J. Bestard Attorney at Law
24-Hour / 1-909-623-2629
