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Substantial Assistance and Drug Trafficking Cases

By Ron Chapman

          The penalties are severe for drug trafficking in Florida.  For example, if a person is convicted in State Court of trafficking in 200 grams or more of cocaine but less than 400 grams, that person must be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 7 years and ordered to pay a fine of $100,000.  And if someone is convicted of trafficking in 400 grams or more of cocaine but less than 150 kilograms, that individual must be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and ordered to pay a fine of $250,000.             One way of avoiding such mandatory penalties is through something called substantial assistance which has been defined as assistance "directed to the investigation and prosecution of criminal activities by persons other than the defendant...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).