Pennsylvania Drug Crimes Attorney
Suppression
In a nutshell, the 4th amendment of the United States Constitution says that you have the right to be free from illegal search and seizure from the government.
If you have an expectation of privacy in something the government may not take it or search it unless the government has reasonable suspicion that a crime may be going on or probable cause to believe that criminal activity is taking place.
Your Motion
If the government does search or seize something and the government did not have the required reasonable suspicion or probable cause, then the gov't should not be allowed to use that seized item against the person from whom it was seized. If the gov't is showed to have operated illegally, the item seized shall be excluded from evidence in the case against the person from whom it was seized.
In most drug and narcotics cases, the gov't searches a person, house or car, and seizes some type of narcotics, paraphernalia, packaging materials, scales and guns. Often times a motion to suppress some or all of the items seized by the gov't is the single best defense in fighting a drug case; sometimes it's the only defense.
The government will vigorously fight a motion to suppress so be sure you have an experienced criminal defense lawyer from Levin & Zeiger LLP.
Click a Narcotics Topic Below To Learn More:
- Possession with the Intent to Deliver (PWID)
- Conspiracy
- Forfeiture and the Return of Property
- Bail Reductions - Nebbia Orders
- Internet Drug Trafficking
- International Drug Prosecution
- The Law of Suppression
- Pennsylvania’s Mandatory Sentences
Our Clients
Contact us now for a free consultation with a Philadelphia criminal defense attorney and discuss your narcotics charge or drug case.
Whether the prosecution is in Philadelphia, Allentown, Reading, Scranton, Harrisburg, State College, Pittsburgh, Erie or any community in Pennsylvania, we can help.
We travel throughout Pennsylvania from the smallest counties to the largest metropolitan areas defending people’s rights and fighting for them when no one else will. Time after time we get phone calls and emails from people who are unhappy with the system, unhappy with the pressure to plead guilty, and unhappy with the way the system treats them as guilty until proven innocent instead of protecting their constitutional guarantees and not even giving them a chance to fight.
Once prospective clients meet with us, they become our clients for years to come because our response is simple: fight back now.