Trafficking Marijuana Charges Reduced to Possession With Intent to Distribute Marijuana get Continued Without a Finding

In June of 2019, following a lengthy investigation, one of our clients was the target of a search warrant. The execution of the search warrant yielded several hundred pounds of marijuana and tens of thousands of dollars in cash. Our client was charged with trafficking marijuana under G.L. c. 94C section 32E. He was facing a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in state prison. This is one of those cases where the pandemic had a positive impact on a criminal defendant. Our client took advantage of the multitude of delays in this case to better himself. He worked hard. He was accepted into a top 20 MBA program. He entered the MBA program. He addressed a personal drug addiction that led to his drug dealing enterprise in the first place. Recognizing this, and showing a tremendous amount of compassion, the prosecutor in this case agreed to amend the charges to possession with intent to distribute marijuana under G.L. c. 94C section 32C. He then agreed that we could go disparate before the judge. The prosecutor would ask for a guilty finding and probation. We asked for a continuance without a finding. The judge accepted our recommendation. This was largely due to the defendant’s lifestyle changes and the prosecutor’s level handedness. The case will be dismissed once the defendant graduates from his MBA program.

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