Arizona: Juvenile client charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance – CHARGES NOT FILED
Our client, a juvenile just shy of his 18th birthday, was driving in his car with a friend when he was pulled over for allegedly having a license plate light out. Upon showing the officer that the lights were working, the officer asked our client if he could search the vehicle. The officer found over three grams of cocaine in a common area of the vehicle and charged the driver, our client, with Possession of a Controlled Substance, even though the passenger in the car is a convicted felon and our client had a clean record. The main issue in this case was whether or not our client would be charged with this felony as an adult, as he was so close to turning 18. Our attorney was able to convince the state that they had a weak case, and the District Attorney never filed the felony charges against our client.