Selling Drugs to Minors: Learn How This Charge Can Lead to Serious Consequences

Selling Drugs to Minors: Learn How This Charge Can Lead to Serious ConsequencesIf you are discovered selling drugs in Southern California, you will face harsh consequences, but it becomes even more dangerous if you sell to kids or utilize children to market narcotics. The ramifications might be severe depending on the sort of narcotics you’re selling. Unfortunately, claiming that you were unaware that the individual you were selling to was a child is not a defense. It makes no difference whether you paid the child or not if you were using him or her to help you sell narcotics.

Read on to learn about the potential consequences and contact Chambers Law Firm at 714-760-4088 for a free legal consultation.

What you’ll need to defend yourself if you’re charged with drugs

In California, selling, transporting, or supplying narcotics, or offering to do so, is a crime. The standard term for most forms of narcotics is three to nine years in state jail and a fine of up to $20,000.

Selling to children (those under the age of 18) or using juveniles to sell, transport, or help you distribute narcotics is a distinct misdemeanor punishable by up to nine years in state prison. If you were selling substances like heroin or cocaine, you may face an additional two years in prison. Additionally, if you were selling within 1000 feet of a school, playground, youth center, or place of worship when children were present, you might serve an additional two years. If the minor you sold to was under the age of 14, you might face an extra three years in jail. You’re also more likely to earn a harsher sentence if you’ve had previous offenses.

Potential defenses for selling drugs to a minor

Of course, the specific defense that will work best for any case will depend on the specifics of that case. However, there are some defenses that are more common than others for these charges. First, we might show that you were not selling the drugs in the first place. If you simply had them for your own use and were not planning to give, sell, or distribute them to a minor, then you might be guilty of simple possession, but you would not be guilty of selling to a minor.

Second, we might show that you were not involved in the first place. It might be a case of mistaken identity, you might have an alibi at the time, or you might have been entrapped.

If there is a wealth of evidence against you, we can work to have the potential consequences reduced via plea bargain for reduced charges and/or a reduced sentence. Contact Chambers Law Firm at 714-760-4088 now to request a free legal consultation.

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