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Selling Drugs in California: Concurrent & Consecutive Sentences

By Walin & Klarich

If You Are Arrested for Selling Drugs and the Police Saw You Making Several Sales, You Must Hire an Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney. If you were arrested for selling drugs in a California drug crime, you should know the difference between consecutive and concurrent sentences because new case law might affect your maximum exposure to time in prison. In re: Noelle M., a minor was arrested for selling methadone at a high school homecoming football game. He sold pills to seven students, two of which overdosed and died after ingesting them. The defendant was charged with two counts of manslaughter, one count of conspiracy to sell narcotics, and five separate counts of selling narcotics. The court found the defendant guilty on all 8 counts and sentenced him to consecutive sentences for each count...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on March 24, 2009 (boomark / email).