{"id":451,"date":"2018-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/am-i-responsible-for-drugs-in-a-car-i-am-driving\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:39:37","slug":"am-i-responsible-for-drugs-in-a-car-i-am-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/am-i-responsible-for-drugs-in-a-car-i-am-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I Responsible for Drugs in a Car I am Driving?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, it is possible for you to be arrested, charged and convicted of a drug charge for drugs found anywhere inside a car you are driving. Because of the concept of constructive possession<\/a>, you can be charged even if the drugs don\u2019t belong to you. Provided you have knowledge of the drugs, and the right to control them, you can be charged with possession of drugs that are not actually in your purse or pocket.\u00a0 If there are enough drugs, and other \u201cindicia of intent to sell\u201d you can also be charged with delivery of drugs, a much more serious crime. This concept of constructive possession can be applied to marijuana, unlawful prescription drugs, drugs like heroin, cocaine, meth. and many other drugs.<\/p>\n

It’s always good to remember that an arrest is not a conviction, and just because the police can charge you with a crime does not mean the prosecutor can prove it happened.\u00a0 Once you’ve hired an experienced drug crime lawyer, he or she will be looking for various ways to defend and win your case.\u00a0 If you encountered the police while driving a car, and during the encounter, drugs are found, your lawyer will first want to determine if there is a search and seizure issue. If the police violated your fourth amendment rights during the encounter, then this can result in the suppression of any evidence found.\u00a0 Since a drug charge is dependent on evidence of drugs, suppression of the evidence will often lead to dismissal of the charges.<\/p>\n

If your car was stopped by the police, then your lawyer will also want to examine the record to determine if the vehicle was lawfully stopped. This is a different kind of search and seizure issue, and just as with the drugs, if your fourth amendment rights were violated by the traffic stop, this can also lead to the dismissal of your case.\u00a0 This is based on the \u201cfruit of the poisonous tree\u201d doctrine, which essentially stands for the proposition that any evidence found after the unlawful stop is inadmissible as evidence.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is possible for you to be arrested, charged and convicted of a drug charge for drugs found anywhere inside a car you are driving. Because of the concept of constructive possession, you can be charged even if the drugs don\u2019t belong to you. Provided you have knowledge of the drugs, and the right […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dui-drug-charges"],"yoast_head":"\nAm I Responsible for Drugs in a Car I am Driving? | Michigan Drug Lawyer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you have drugs in your car while driving, you can be held responsible and charged with drug possession in Michigan. 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