Drug Sentencing

7 sentenced in Pennsylvania heroin raid and 1 awaiting trial

On Behalf of Law Offices of Lance T. Marshall | Feb 21, 2020 | Blog, Criminal Defense, Drug Charges, Drug Sentencing

Prosecutors have received guilty pleas from seven of the defendants arrested in connection with a drug raid in Warminster at a home on Cheryl Drive. A 40-year-old man, labeled by prosecutors as a ringleader of the heroin and fentanyl narcotics operation, admitted his...

Mandatory Drug Sentences Unconstitutional

On Behalf of Law Offices of Lance T. Marshall | Jun 18, 2015 | Drug Sentencing

Mandatory drug sentences have been ruled unconsitutional by a 3-2 decision in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled that the mandatory minimum sentences such as the school zone, which have long been used by prosecutors to force individuals to plead...