California Defense Attorneys: Clandestine Lab Charges & Weight Enhancement

Clandestine Lab Weight Enhancements

California drug laws include serious repercussions for operating a clandestine lab, and these penalties can be substantially increased with sentencing enhancements. One possible sentencing enhancement in a California clandestine drug lab case is a weight enhancement. If you're facing a clandestine lab charge, a skilled California defense attorneys from The Kavinoky Law Firm can help you understand your options and help you to plan an aggressive defense.

A weight enhancement in a California clandestine lab case can add many years to a prison sentence, so it's critical to fight both the underlying drug charge and the sentencing enhancement. You cannot be punished for a sentencing enhancement if you aren't convicted of the underlying drug charge. Also, your guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt in the sentencing enhancement just as it must in the underlying drug charge, or you cannot be sentenced to the additional time.

These are the weight enhancements that can be filed in a California clandestine lab case:

Code section

Enhancement

Punishment

11379.8

More than three gallons/one pound
More than 10 gallons/three pounds
More than 25 gallons/10 pounds
More than 105 gallons/44 pounds

Add three years

Add five years

Add 10 years

Add 15 years

PC 1170.74

If 11377, 11378, 11379, 11379.6 and substance is crystalline form of meth, this is circumstance in aggravation for sentencing

Clearly, a California clandestine lab drug case can bring many years in prison, so it's imperative to mount an aggressive defense to these charges. An experienced California drug lawyer from The Kavinoky Law Firm thoroughly understands how to fight a clandestine lab case. Please contact us today at 1.800.NO.CUFFS for a free consultation.

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