May 21 2015 in Federal Marijuana Issues
If you know anything about medical marijuana dispensary regulations in California, you probably are aware of how patchwork the current local regulations are. The rules governing a provider of medical marijuana in one jurisdiction may be very different than the rules in another just a few blocks away...
May 18 2015 in Case Results, Drug Crimes, Misdemeanor
San Diego criminal defense attorney Jessica McElfresh was recently contacted by a woman in her 40s arrested and charged with misdemeanor for driving under the influence of prescription drugs. Our client had been moving out of California on her way to Arizona when she was pulled over under suspicion ...
May 15 2015 in Case Results, Drug Crimes, Marijuana Charges
San Diego criminal defense attorney Jessica McElfresh was recently contacted by a client in his 60s arrested and charged with felony possession of marijuana for sale and felony transportation of marijuana. While driving in San Onofre our client was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol for a ...
May 14 2015 in Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes
In what many have lauded as a move towards a more just public policy, California has joined with the majority of states in the U.S. to lift the lifetime ban on allowing people with prior drug-related convictions to receive public assistance. For over 18 years, citizens in California were not able to...
May 10 2015 in Case Results, Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Felony, Misdemeanor
San Diego criminal defense attorney Jessica McElfresh was recently contacted by a client in his 40s with no prior criminal record, arrested and charged with a felony possession of marijuana for sale and a felony possession of transportation of marijuana. Driving on I-5 our client was stopped at a po...
May 9 2015 in Case Results, Criminal Convictions, Drug Crimes, Felony
San Diego criminal defense was recently contacted by a man in his 60s arrested and charged with a felony possession of a controlled substance. The client had previously served time for a felony strike drug conviction in his 30s and faced mandatory prison sentencing if convicted on this charge. After...
May 7 2015 in Case Results, Criminal Convictions, Misdemeanor
Jessica McElfresh was recently contacted by a 20-year-old female college student from a nearby University who became drunk one evening while on campus with friends. Our client became separated from her friends and went to a building to knock on the front door. The residents of the home heard the lou...
April 22 2015 in Federal Marijuana Issues
Why Prop 47 Came to Be? In 2011 the State of California was mandated by the federal government to fix the overcrowding of state prisons and jails by the end of 2013 (New York Times, 2015). By the end of 2013 overcrowding was still an issue with more than 10,000 prison and jail inmates needing to be...
March 21 2015 in Media Coverage
Attorney Jessica McElfresh was recently interviewed in a story about San Diego's first authorized medical marijuana dispensary opening in March 2015 at an Otay Mesa strip mall after years of legal and political complications. Click here to read the article on U-T San Diego's website. Ca...
March 12 2015 in Media Coverage
The City of San Diego has approved its second and third legal medical marijuana dispensaries with locations in Kearny Mesa and San Ysidro after many delays and urban planning concerns. San Diego medical marijuana attorney Jessica McElfresh was interviewed for this article as she represents...
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