May 27 2016 in Legal Blog, Marijuana Charges, Media Coverage, Medical Marijuana
Jessica McElfresh, a medical marijuana lawyer in San Diego, will be a speaker at the Cannabis Business Summit & Expo in Oakland, CA this June. The conference, which is billed as “America’s Most Important Cannabis Event of the Year,” is a three-day event starting June 20 that brings togeth...
April 16 2016 in Case Results, Drug Crimes, Marijuana Charges, Medical Marijuana
A 19-year-old man was walking along the waterfront area of San Diego with some friends when one his companions began blatantly smoking marijuana out in the open. Officers approached the group and detained the two men. When questioned, the 19-year-old indicated that although he was not the one using ...
April 6 2016 in Case Results, Drug Crimes, Marijuana Charges, Medical Marijuana
If you find yourself accused of a crime, it is important to find a knowledgeable attorney to protect your rights. This experience recently aided a woman in her mid-20’s, when during a concert she dropped a vapor pen and deputies noticed a small amount of marijuana. Nervously, the woman presented h...
March 17 2016 in Case Results, Felony, Marijuana Charges, Misdemeanor
San Diego criminal defense attorney Jessica McElfresh recently took on a case that involved a young man in need of addressing an outstanding warrant from his past. Years earlier, the man was accused of selling marijuana out of his house in Los Angeles. His home was searched by police, materials were...
March 11 2016 in Case Results, Criminal Convictions, Marijuana Charges
In San Diego, criminal defense attorney Jessica McElfresh sometimes represents clients more than once at different stages of their lives. Recently, a former client contacted Jessica McElfresh about ending his current probation. The man, now in his fifties, previously accepted a plea agreement for ma...
February 19 2016 in Case Results, Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Marijuana Charges
Probation typically comes with a list of conditions that you must meet and if you fail to meet any of the conditions of your probation you may find yourself going back to court to face a judge for a probation violation hearing. This was the situation a young man found himself in by not paying attent...
February 16 2016 in Case Results, Marijuana Charges, Medical Marijuana
Sometimes attorneys become embroiled with their clients’ legal troubles in unusual ways, which was recently the case for San Diego criminal defense attorney Jessica McElfresh. While assisting another client with a traffic offense, an elderly woman approached attorney McElfresh after a strange cour...
December 30 2015 in Federal Marijuana Issues, Legal Blog, Marijuana Charges, Medical Marijuana
In California, medical marijuana patients have a good chance of being able to continue treatment while on parole or probation. In fact, the law states that a prisoner can even request to use marijuana while in jail—but how often these requests are granted is difficult to ascertain. Your ability ...
December 14 2015 in Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Federal Marijuana Issues, Legal Blog, Marijuana Charges, Misdemeanor
Law enforcement agencies will usually choose to open narcotics investigations into suspected dealers or distributors—they rarely investigate mere drug use. Since police departments and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) have limited resources, they in most cases investigate people who are suspected...
December 4 2015 in Drug Crimes, Legal Blog, Marijuana Charges
Governor Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 1449 into law on October 1, 2010. The bill was one of several legislative initiatives about marijuana introduced in the wake of the 1996 Compassionate Use Act (CUA), which made the use and cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes legal. Under the CUA...
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