Smuggling Criminal Cases In Los Angeles
Los Angeles handles a lot of smuggling cases, believe it or not. Usually, you'll see those smuggling cases at the borders – either alien smuggling, where people are being smuggled in from other countries, or goods smuggling – where people are smuggling goods and trying to avoid paying taxes and fees related to those goods.
So, smuggling is a big problem in Los Angeles County, and law enforcement is all over these types of crimes, either at the border, which is mainly where I see many smuggling cases originating.
There used to be a lot more smuggling at airports, but now that the airports have started cracking down, they're catching all the people smuggling things because of all the sophisticated devices and dogs they use.
Drug Smuggling in California
Drug smuggling is another issue that is rampant at our borders – whether it be in San Diego or some other border location. So, it's essential that if you're charged with a type of drug crime case, the prosecutors have the evidence against you because these cases are often weak and don't have the evidence against a person they've been charged with smuggling.
So, suppose you're innocent of a smuggling charge in Los Angeles. In that case, you will want to get a criminal defense attorney to fight for you because there are certain things that the prosecutors will need to prove if they want to have a legitimate smuggling case against you.
If they can't prove these things, then there should not be a smuggling charge against you. So, no matter what the allegation is related to smuggling in Los Angeles, you have to have an attorney who's done these types of cases and had success – knows what the prosecutors need to prove and knows what types of defenses are available for people who are charged with smuggling in Los Angeles.
Now, if you're guilty of the crime of smuggling, and the prosecutors and police have the evidence to prove the case against you. Different strategies can be employed to control damage and mitigate what can happen to you, punishment-wise and charge-wise.
Reviewing Defense Strategy for Best Outcome
So, getting in front of a criminal defense attorney would be best. What I have you do is come in. We sit down and go over all of the smuggling allegations. I'm going to show you the police reports. We will talk about the facts of the case and what's in the police reports, and then we'll decide what our best strategy is moving forward.
If it's a drug smuggling case, one of the most significant factors that determines what's going to happen to you, or what your punishment might be, has to do with the amount of drugs that are involved and the type of drugs.
Drugs like heroin are severe drugs. Drugs like methamphetamine and marijuana. The prosecutors take all types of drug offenses seriously, but certain drugs are so dangerous that the prosecutors will treat them more harshly.
For example, in my experience, they're going to treat marijuana smuggling less seriously than heroin smuggling. Suppose you have a gun in conjunction with smuggling something like drugs. In that case, you will be looking at an additional enhancement and more punishment because the government considers you much more severe.
So, drug smugglers are also treated more harshly typically than people who are smuggling other things. So, no matter what you're smuggling case is, you must get the proper defense and the right strategy.
