Cocaine trafficking and firearm possession case requiring a mandatory seven (7) year sentence dismissed.

West Roxbury District Court #07-0844. On March 11, 2007 Boston Police responded to Ridge Street in the Roslindale section of Boston where they were met by the co-defendant’s mother. The woman claimed that she and her daughter had a physical altercation pertaining to the defendant, an alleged drug dealer. The woman showed the police a sandwich bag containing crack cocaine that she found hidden in a fan in the defendant’s bedroom closet. Drug Control officers were then called to the house. They were able to seize more cocaine, marijuana and firearm ammunition. A total of more than thirty (30) grams of cocaine was seized from the defendant’s bedroom. Im Massachusetts, this quantity of cocaine requires a mandatory minimum sentence of five (5) years on state prison with an additional two (2) years for being within one thousand (1,000) feet of a school zone. The defendant faced a minimum mandatory seven (7) year sentence. Attorney Neyman succeeded in getting all charges against the defendant dismissed.