Possession of Cocaine

Florida criminal statutes for cocaine possession have three basic levels: one for cocaine users (small personal amounts), a second level is for those who sell or give cocaine to another (for free or for money), that is called “delivery” or “sale”. The third level, which carriers a thirty –year sentence is for trafficking in cocaine. Drug trafficking statutes (whether for cocaine, marijuana trafficking, oxycodone trafficking in Florida, or any other controlled substance) are for those “in the business”. Trafficking starts when the amount of the drugs exceeds a weight or pill count set in the various drug trafficking laws in Florida criminal law. Drug trafficking enhancements, which can lead to a life sentence or even capital punishment when trafficking includes a death either by a participant or under the felony murder rule, armed trafficking and “king-pin” cocaine trafficking (significant amounts by weight of cocaine), Federal criminal drug trafficking laws carry similar enhanced punishments when weapons or guns are used, displayed or discharged. Florida criminal laws pertaining to controlled substances are similar for marijuana, so called “designer drugs”, methamphetamines ( and variants such as mixtures, salts and compounds), ecstasy, and other controlled substances as are listed in Florida drug laws. If you, or someone you know, have been arrested in Miami, Broward County (Fort Lauderdale) or Palm Beach (Boca Raton, Delray, and West Palm Beach) you should speak with a South Florida criminal defense lawyer.