Legal Help for Citizens with Criminal Charges

Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange Criminal Law Attorney

Criminal Defense – Drug Offenses

We represent adults and juveniles in Southeast Texas County and District Court in Jefferson, Orange, Hardin, Chambers, Liberty, and Harris Counties charged with felony and misdemeanor marihuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drug crimes, including:

• manufacture or delivery of substance in penalty group 1

• manufacture or delivery of substance in penalty group 1-A

• manufacture of substance in penalty group 1: presence of child

• manufacture or delivery of substance in penalty group 2

• manufacture or delivery of substance in penalty group 3 or 4

• possession of substance in penalty group 1

• possession of substance in penalty group 1-A

• possession of substance in penalty group 2

• possession of substance in penalty group 3

• possession of substance in penalty group 4

• manufacture, delivery, or possession of miscellaneous substances

• delivery of marihuana

• possession of marihuana

• delivery of controlled substance or marihuana to child

• possession or transport of certain chemicals with intent to manufacture controlled substance

• possession or transport of anhydrous ammonia; use of or tampering with equipment

• possession or delivery of drug paraphernalia

• illegal barter, expenditure, or investment

• unauthorized disclosure of information

• fraud

• diversion of controlled substance property or plant

• falsification of drug test results

• unlawful transfer or receipt of chemical precursor

• transfer of precursor substance for unlawful manufacture

• unlawful transfer or receipt of chemical laboratory apparatus

• transfer of chemical laboratory apparatus for unlawful manufacture

• use of child in commission of offense

• manufacture or delivery of controlled substance causing death or serious bodily injury

"Controlled substance" means a substance, including a drug, an adulterant, and a dilutant, listed in Schedules I through V or Penalty Groups 1, 1-A, or 2 through 4. The term includes the aggregate weight of any mixture, solution, or other substance containing a controlled substance.

"Controlled substance analogue" means:

(A) a substance with a chemical structure substantially similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II or Penalty Group 1, 1-A, or 2; or

(B) a substance specifically designed to produce an effect substantially similar to, or greater than, the effect of a controlled substance in Schedule I or II or Penalty Group 1, 1-A, or 2.

"Counterfeit substance" means a controlled substance that, without authorization, bears or is in a container or has a label that bears an actual or simulated trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, number, or device of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser other than the person who in fact manufactured, distributed, or dispensed the substance.

"Deliver" means to transfer, actually or constructively, to another a controlled substance, counterfeit substance, or drug paraphernalia, regardless of whether there is an agency relationship. The term includes offering to sell a controlled substance, counterfeit substance, or drug paraphernalia.

Contact our office to talk with a Beaumont area criminal defense lawyer for aggressive defense of your rights in criminal court.

The Macey Law Firm, P.L.L.C.

Beaumont and Houston area divorce, child custody, criminal defense, guardianship, probate, heirship and estate administration attorney John E. Macey represents individuals and families in the Southeast Texas area in communities such as Beaumont, Port Arthur, Nederland, Port Neches, Groves, Orange, Vidor, Lumberton, Kountze, Silsbee, Evadale, Sour Lake, China, Hamshire, Fannett, Winnie, Sabine Pass and Houston.