The United States Supreme Court recently decided an important case for non-citizens, lawfully present in the United State, with multiple simple drug possession convictions. In CARACHURI-ROSENDO v. HOLDER, the Court shifted course, and held that a second conviction for simple possession is not necessarily an aggravated felony, and does not…
I represented a defendant who was initially charged with possession of heroine. Heroine possession is a third degree indictable criminal offense. After extensive discussion with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, the charge was remanded to the municipal court in Newark where my client now faced a drug paraphernalia complaint. Having…