A fentanyl conviction in Florida can severely impact your freedom. You could spend life in prison if you distribute pills designed to appeal to minors, and you can be charged with murder if someone overdoses on fentanyl pills you gave or sold to them. But just because the Orlando Police Department arrests you, does not mean all is lost. You are entitled to the best defense for your situation, and we are equipped to provide it.
Whether you are arrested for possession of fentanyl or trafficking it, the charges are felonies with prison time, fines, probation, and suspension of your driver’s license on the table. To mitigate the havoc a conviction can wreak on your life, contact our skilled drug defense attorneys to explore fentanyl defense strategies in Orlando now.
If law enforcement arrests you because officers found fentanyl on you, or so close to you that they assume you control it, you will be charged with actual possession. If the fentanyl is discovered where you have access to it, but it is not on or near you, you can be charged with constructive possession.
This is problematic for the prosecutor because if friends or family also have access to it, they must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the drugs belong to you. For example, if you live with three roommates and police fine fentanyl pills bagged and taped in the kitchen you share equally with your roommates, our attorneys are quick to refute your unequivocal ownership without other evidence as just one of the fentanyl defenses in Orlando.
Evidence gathered illegally is called fruit of the poisonous tree, and we swiftly file a Motion to Suppress this evidence so the prosecutor cannot present it. Some ways your constitutional rights might be violated include:
Our attorneys are scrupulous protectors of your constitutional rights and will make every effort to ensure law enforcement and the Orlando prosecutor honor these rights by employing an airtight fentanyl defense.
To prevail, the prosecutor in your case must prove all the elements of a crime were committed by you. One of these elements is that you must know that you possess the illicit drug you are charged with controlling. If you are unaware the substance is fentanyl, it is sometimes disguised in the form of gummy candy, or you might believe you possess a legal pain reliever because the pills are falsely marked with a legitimate trademark to fool you, our team gets to work aggressively to exonerate you.
The prosecutor must present enough evidence to convince the jury you are the culprit, and the accusations merit a conviction. We routinely challenge insufficient evidence, particularly if the prosecutor cannot conclusively link you to the fentanyl other than finding it near you. We look for flaws in witness testimony and expose these flaws to juries. Our criminal attorneys consider all aspects of the charges when crafting fentanyl defense strategies in Central Florida. You may have a physician’s prescription and are wrongly accused, or you may have disposed of fentanyl incorrectly, leading to charges that we can mitigate.
The U.S. Constitution guarantees you fair representation at trial if you are accused of a crime that can restrict your freedom. Our team has a successful track record of defending drug charges that includes plea bargains for lesser charges, dismissals, and favorable jury decisions.
The time to contact us is now if you have been, or suspect you are going to be, arrested on fentanyl charges. If the prosecutor with the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court presses charges, they already believe they have enough evidence against you. You cannot wait and hope for the best because your future and freedom hang in the balance. Contact us to discuss strong fentanyl defense strategies in Orlando.
The Umansky Law Firm Criminal Defense & Injury Attorneys
