Athens, OH Drug Crimes Lawyer

Client found in possession of a large amount of marijuana after his vehicle was stopped. Client was facing over 6 years in prison and the case was ultimately dismissed.

Client was charged with felonious aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony carrying a potential prison sentence of twelve months and fines up to $2,500. Attorney Andrew Stevenson got the client placed in a diversion program, and the case will be dismissed upon successful completion.

Client was facing drug trafficking, drug possession, and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. Attorney Andrew Stevenson secured a resolution through diversion, keeping the client out of prison and avoiding a felony conviction.

Client was charged with felony cocaine possession, which carries up to 12 months in prison, a mandatory license suspension, and a permanent felony record. Attorney Andrew Stevenson secured a reduction to a first-degree misdemeanor charge of Possessing Criminal Tools. Client was then accepted into a diversion program and upon successful completion, the case was dismissed and the record sealed. Instead of facing up to a year in prison and a lifelong felony conviction, the client avoided incarceration entirely and preserved a clean record.

Charged with aggravated possession of drugs and OVI, the client was looking at up to a year and a half of incarceration with driving privileges already lost to the automatic license suspension that follows an OVI arrest. Attorney Andrew Stevenson moved both criminal charges into diversion and won termination of the administrative suspension, returning the client’s license.

Client came to the firm facing aggravated possession of drugs, aggravated trafficking in drugs, and improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle a stack of felonies carrying up to four years if the counts ran consecutively. Andrew Stevenson secured a resolution of probation with the client serving no prison time.