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Drug possession charges are serious. Show the prosecutors that you are serious about your defense and walk into the courtroom with Drug Possession Defense Lawyer Robert Stiefvater. Robert’s Drug Possession Law Firm has become the go to firm for the defense of drug possession charges in . This is largely in part to the fact that we limit the number of client’s we serve at any given time. This enables us to dedicate our practice to you.

A charge of Drug Possession can be a major felony offense with mandatory prison sentences. It can also be a relatively minor misdemeanor. The degree of the charge depends largely upon the controlled substance being possessed as well as the weight of the controlled substance. Contact Drug Possession Defense Lawyer Robert Stiefvater and understand your charge as well as what your best defense should look like. Your defense starts with your call.

Ohio law provides for the bulk amounts and various sentences by weight of the following drugs:

Cocaine

LSD

Heroin

Marijuana

Schedule I, II, III, IV, V

Hashish

Fentanyl

Drug Analogs

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It is critical that you discuss the specifics of your case with one of our results oriented Drug Possession Lawyers at Stiefvater Law. For example, the bulk amounts defined by Ohio law identify different amounts depending upon the form of the controlled substance (liquid, solid, etc.). For example:

LSD: 10 unit doses, 50 unit doses, 250 unit doses, 1000 unit doses, 5000 unit doses, and in excess of 5000 unit doses.

Marijuana: 100 grams, 200 grams, 1000 grams, 5000 grams, 20000 grams, 40000 grams and in excess of 40000 grams.

Different amounts are identified depending on the form of the above – liquid or solid.

Drug Possession charges can be a first degree felony with major drug offender specification, first degree felony, first degree misdemeanor, second degree felony, third degree felony, fourth degree felony, fourth degree misdemeanor, fifth degree felony, minor misdemeanor.

Possible sentences are:

Third Degree Felony (F3) – up to 5 years in prison. Fine up to $10,000.

Fourth Degree Felony (F4) – up to 18 months in prison. Fine up to $5,000.

Fourth Degree Misdemeanor (M4) – 0-30 days in jail. Fine up to $250.

Fifth Degree Felony (F5) – up to 12 months in prison. Fine up to $2,500.

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Section 2925.11 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) creates the crime of Drug Possession. Below is a part of the law as written in the ORC:

Fentanyl

(11) If the drug involved in the violation is a fentanyl-related compound and neither division (C)(9)(a) nor division (C)(10)(a) of this section applies to the drug involved, or is a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance that contains a fentanyl-related compound or is a combination of a fentanyl-related compound and any other controlled substance and neither division (C)(9)(a) nor division (C)(10)(a) of this section applies to the drug involved, whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of possession of a fentanyl-related compound. The penalty for the offense shall be determined as follows:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(11)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section, possession of a fentanyl-related compound is a felony of the fifth degree, and division (B) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code applies in determining whether to impose a prison term on the offender.

(b) If the amount of the drug involved equals or exceeds ten unit doses but is less than fifty unit doses or equals or exceeds one gram but is less than five grams, possession of a fentanyl-related compound is a felony of the fourth degree, and division (C) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code applies in determining whether to impose a prison term on the offender.

(c) If the amount of the drug involved equals or exceeds fifty unit doses but is less than one hundred unit doses or equals or exceeds five grams but is less than ten grams, possession of a fentanyl-related compound is a felony of the third degree, and there is a presumption for a prison term for the offense.

(d) If the amount of the drug involved equals or exceeds one hundred unit doses but is less than two hundred unit doses or equals or exceeds ten grams but is less than twenty grams, possession of a fentanyl-related compound is a felony of the second degree, and the court shall impose as a mandatory prison term one of the prison terms prescribed for a felony of the second degree.

(e) If the amount of the drug involved equals or exceeds two hundred unit doses but is less than five hundred unit doses or equals or exceeds twenty grams but is less than fifty grams, possession of a fentanyl-related compound is a felony of the first degree, and the court shall impose as a mandatory prison term one of the prison terms prescribed for a felony of the first degree.

(f) If the amount of the drug involved equals or exceeds five hundred unit doses but is less than one thousand unit doses or equals or exceeds fifty grams but is less than one hundred grams, possession of a fentanyl-related compound is a felony of the first degree, and the court shall impose as a mandatory prison term the maximum prison term prescribed for a felony of the first degree.

(g) If the amount of the drug involved equals or exceeds one thousand unit doses or equals or exceeds one hundred grams, possession of a fentanyl-related compound is a felony of the first degree, the offender is a major drug offender, and the court shall impose as a mandatory prison term the maximum prison term prescribed for a felony of the first degree.

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