Persons arrested on cocaine charges in Georgia might face severe legal penalties. Granted, more serious charges come with harsher punishments than lesser offenses but all cocaine arrests put the offender at risk of a prison sentence. Cocaine charges in Georgia Cocaine...
Drug crimes
What are the laws pertaining to heroin in Georgia?
Drug-related crimes involving heroin are considered very serious in Georgia and all other states. If a person is convicted of any offense involving even small amounts of the drug, they can face harsh penalties. These are Georgia’s heroin laws. Possession of heroin...
Convictions and sentencings for drug charges
A person arrested on drug charges in Georgia may worry about a trial’s outcome. Strict laws could translate into harsh sentences for those accused of drug possession and distribution. It might seem strange that someone worried about heavy fines and many years in...
Georgia heroin laws and penalties
Heroin is a drug made from the leaves of the opium poppy plant. Since it is dangerous, controlled substance laws make it illegal. A person in Georgia may face several penalties for possession, manufacturing, buying, or selling it. Overview of Georgia heroin laws...
Drug bust in Bibb County
A traffic stop in Georgia on Feb. 21 led to the arrest of three suspects and the seizure of five firearms and significant quantities of cocaine and marijuana. A 31-year-old Lizzella man, a 31-year-old Houston County woman and a 29-year-old Macon woman all face...
Police K-9s: Are they too eager to please?
If you drive east of Atlanta for about an hour on Interstate 20, you’ll arrive in Greensboro. A recent routine traffic stop there began when a police officer noticed that a car with an out-of-state license plate had drifted across the interstate’s right fog line...
The drug charges that could cost millions
The average person probably does not have hundreds of thousands of dollars on-hand to cover legal fines. Yet, that can be the price tag for a manufacturing of illegal substances conviction. Illegal manufacturing of drugs charges are among the most serious drug crimes...