How Can DUI Lawyers in Sydney Help Me?
Driving under the Influence (DUI) is a charge that is often used when an alleged offender is accused of driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or an illegal or prescription drug. DUI charges vary from standard drink...
Drug Charges Dismissed Due to Illegal Search
The Presiding Magistrate in Hornsby Local Court dismissed drug possession charges against our 21 year old client from Wahroonga who was stopped and searched in a Pennant Hills carpark. Police approached our client claiming he appeared to be ‘acting suspiciously’...
Sniffer Dogs: Providing a Factual Basis for Suspicion
In order for police to legally search a person, premises or vehicle for drugs, they need to have a ‘reasonable suspicion’ that an illegal substance has been concealed. If police don’t have a factual basis for suspicion and they search...
Prohibited Plants and the Law
Although many people are aware that the growing and cultivation of some plants is illegal, there is a certain amount of confusion as to what is acceptable in terms of the law. Although some plants can be used for the...
Section 23 Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 | Cultivating, Supplying or Possessing Prohibited Plants
Section 23 of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 is Prohibited Plants and is extracted below. Cultivating cannabis plants by enhanced indoor means is an offence under section 23(1A)(a) of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985, which carries a...
Section 23A Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 | Prohibited Plants in Presence of Children
Section 23A of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 is Prohibited Plants in Presence of Children and is extracted below. Cultivating cannabis plants by enhanced indoor means in the presence of children is an offence under section 23A(1) and (2)...
How to Avoid a Criminal Conviction for Drug Possession or Supply
Our video and Blog post below talks about How to Avoid a Criminal Conviction for Drug Possession or Supply. I am often asked how Sydney Criminal Lawyers® helps clients avoid criminal convictions for relatively serious drug offences such as supplying a dozen...
Section 304.1 Criminal Code Act 1995 | Selling Commercial Quantity of Controlled Plants
Selling a Commercial Quantity of Cannabis Plants is an offence under Section 304.1 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. To establish the offence, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that:...
Section 303.6 Criminal Code Act 1995 | Cultivating Controlled Plants
Cannabis Cultivation is an offence under Section 303.6 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. To establish the offence, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that: You cultivated cannabis You...
Section 303.5 Criminal Code Act 1995 | Cultivating Marketable Quantity of Controlled Plants
Marketable Cannabis Cultivation is an offence under Section 303.5 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 which carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. To establish the offence, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that: You cultivated at...