Drug Case Dismissed before Trial
May 23, 2016OUTCOME: Dismissed
Client was charged with possession of drugs as a passenger in a motor vehicle. The driver of the car was the owner of the car. Client was only there to purchase the car. Officers stopped the vehicle an ... d found drugs in a duffle bag in the backstreet. As the trial approached, we subpoenaed the driver of the car to come testify at trial as the drugs in the duffle bag were his. On the Friday before trial started, the State dismissed the charges as they realized they could not prove that the drugs in the duffle bag belonged to my client.
