Author Archives: Jay Butchko
A Litany Of Flimsy Excuses Leads To A Drug Trafficking Arrest
Many drug crime arrests happen because police officers meddle in defendants’ business more than necessary. During a traffic stop, police can come up with a variety of reasons, each more subjective than the last, about why they need to search your car. Perhaps a harmless item in the center console of your car, such… Read More »
Attorney General Issues Uniform Sentencing Guidelines For Cocaine Possession Cases, Regardless Of Whether It Is Crack Or Powder
In Florida, whether the weather is warm all year round, it is always a good time for a popsicle. Because of this, your parents always keep the freezer stocked with popsicles, whether it is the supermarket brand ones that only come in cherry, grape, and orange or those fancy, rocket ship-shaped ones that are… Read More »
Victims’ Advocacy Group Sues Snapchat For Facilitating Sale Of Pills That Caused Overdose Deaths
In 2022, law enforcement throughout the United States seized enough fentanyl to kill the country’s entire population. The amount of illegal fentanyl confiscated this year was nearly twice the amount confiscated last year. It stands to reason, then, that fentanyl, the drug that causes more fatal overdoses than any other drug, is everywhere. In… Read More »
A Criminal Defense Lawyer Can Make The Difference Between Drug Court And Juvenile Detention
The beginning of every new year serves as a reminder that the days for a parent are long, but the years are short. It seems like yesterday that your children were harmless infants whose only means of causing you to worry were by refraining from eating, sleeping, or pooping as you would want them… Read More »
Meet Central Florida’s Own Magic Mushroom
Florida’s native flora and fauna bring delight to locals and tourists alike, and invasive species are a peril to the Sunshine State’s ecosystem. Florida panthers and key deer have become vanishingly rare, and in certain parts of Florida, Australian melaleuca trees outnumber native mangroves and the green iguana, native to Central and South America,… Read More »
Three Orange County Men Receive Prison Sentences For Fentanyl Trafficking
Fentanyl is the deadliest drug; a tiny crumb of the stuff, barely visible to the naked eyes, can kill. Drug trafficking is the scariest drug offense charge; in some circumstances, a conviction for drug trafficking can result in a life sentence in prison. Therefore, even though the sentences resulting from a case where three… Read More »
Two Defendants Face Drug Trafficking Charges After Police Search House In North Port
What are the most common ways that people get caught selling drugs? Some drug busts ensue after someone sells drugs to an undercover officer and then gets arrested and, as part of a plea deal, provides information about other people involved in the drug trafficking operation. In other cases, people pose with drugs and… Read More »
Criminal Cases For Driving Under The Influence Of Cannabis Are As Subjective As You Think They Are
Under Florida laws in their current form, the penalties for driving under the influence of cannabis are the same as the penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol. As far as the law is concerned, DUI is DUI, whether the substance of which you are under the influence is marijuana, alcohol, a prescription… Read More »
What Does The CDC’s New Report About Antihistamines And Opioid Overdose Have To Do With Your Drug Case?
It seems like every time you open your favorite social media apps, people are sharing content about how a harmless substance you use every day is actually deadly or about how someone is conspiring to poison you and your loved ones. We will all be better off if you ignore 99 percent of this… Read More »
Mixed Messages About Take-Home Medications For Opioid Treatment
You are not to blame if you are confused by federal and state drug laws. In some cases, a drug can be legal while one that is very similar to it is illegal, or the same drug may be legal in some contexts but not others. There are even instances where whether a certain… Read More »
