Jon Katz’s victories
From a medical marijuana sentence on thirty plants, to a probation before judgment
Practicing criminal defense is about bringing the client to harmony as much as possible at all stages of the case, including at trial and at any sentencing. Maryland’s medical marijuana sentencing law (which I have discussed here) appears to be a strange compromise between those...
Client Caught in Disbelief Over an Acquittal
A drug possession conviction requires probable cause to seize the alleged drugs; proof that the seized item constitutes illegal drugs; and proof beyond a reasonable doubt of knowledge, dominion and control over the alleged drugs. (Image from public domain.) When I started doing criminal defense over...