Legal Question in Criminal Law in Arizona

I Recently received a letter in the mail from the Maricopa County Attorney's office stating that local law enforcement agency wants to prosecute me for possession of dangerous drugs and Maricopa County Attorney's Office chose not to press charges but instead i have been givin no court date nothing of that sorts I have been givin two options Option A : Criminal Prosecution a max sentence of 3.5 years and a max fine of $150,000 +80% surcharge  part B: max sentence of 6months in jail and max fine of $2,500+80% surcharge or Option #2

Option B : TASC DRUG DIVERSION PROGRAM

A 1 Year program with MANDATORY DRUG TESTING through out the year

MANDATORY drug abuse seminar

MANDATORY TASC enrollment fee of $150.00

MANDATORY TASC 1 year enrollment fee of $1,285.00

MANDATORY ASSESSMENT FEE OF $750.00

MANDATORY PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL FEE'S  FOR SIMINAR, COUNSELING, DRUG TESTING AND JAIL

THEY WANT ME TO CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO OPTIONS BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME RELATED TO DRUGS OR OTHERWISE AND I'VE NEVER BEEN CAUGHT WITH DRUGS BECAUSE I DON'T DEAL WITH THEM WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I CHOOSE ONE OF THE OPTIONS I'VE BEEN GIVIN I'M PRETTY MUCH PLEADING GUILTY TO SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO


Asked on 6/11/17, 8:14 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Kelly Kelly Law Team

You have a difficult choice if you did not possess the drugs that you are being prosecuted for. You can always reject the offers and go to trial where you will have a jury decide whether or not to convict you. This can be a stressful and expensive thing to go through. If you do decide to do the TASC program, you will be required to admit to possession of the drugs, so if this isn't something you want to do, you will need to reject the offer of diversion. Just remember that the only guaranteed way to get a dismissal is to go through and successfully complete TASC.

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Answered on 6/12/17, 8:04 am


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