In Nebraska, police searches of your home and property typically require a search warrant. However, when you are pulled over in a traffic stop, your vehicle is not treated the same way as your home. Police may be able to legally search you and your car without a...
Drug Charges
Are you eligible for drug court in Lancaster County?
As someone facing a drug charge in Lancaster County, Nebraska, you may be fearful about whether you may have to log time behind bars if your charge leads to a conviction. Depending on circumstances and whether you meet eligibility criteria, though, you may be able to...
The affects of drugs on rural Nebraskans
Studies show that rural Nebraskans have about the same access to illegal drugs and harmful prescription drugs as those who live in urban areas. However, the affects on those populations could differ due to unequal access to different resources. This inequality often...
Understanding possession with intent to deliver charges
Sometimes law enforcement will go beyond charging a person with simple possession of illegal drugs. Instead of having the drugs for personal use, the individual may intend to distribute the drugs to one or more people. If a prosecutor has reason to believe this is the...
What happens when drug manufacturing or distributions involves a minor?
If you are facing a drug charge for manufacturing or distribution in Nebraska, it is essential that you understand how much more severe this charge is if it involved a minor in any way. There are several parts to the law that specify how a minor may have involvement...
Teens who share drugs can be charged with distribution
In Nebraska and throughout the United States, teens have shared recreational drugs with each other at parks, inside vehicles, and even inside homes for as long as people can remember. As communication technology has improved, this practice has only become easier....
Possible defenses against drug possession charges
When people in Nebraska are taken into custody on drug charges, there may be a number of different types of defenses available to them. In some cases, the defense may deal with errors of procedure while the approach in other cases may be to refute testimony or other...
Nebraska police arrest 3 during drug raid
Police in Nebraska have charged three people with methamphetamine possession with the intent to distribute in connection with the search of a Jefferson County home on the morning of July 31. Media accounts indicate that officers from the Fairbury Police Department and...
Hopper Penn arrested on drug charges
Hopper Penn, the son of famous actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright, was arrested on drug charges in Nebraska after being pulled over while driving with his girlfriend on April 4. They were driving in a 1992 Volvo and accused of failing to signal properly for a turn....

