Q: Hello, my question is ways that i can get my charge of possesion of a controlled substance dissmissed or reduced in utah
An officer from a neighboring city got behind me and followed me untill i reached my city for no reason he pulls me over. His reasons were made up and in my discovery he dont give any probable cause reason on why he began to follow me on the highway. ive done some research and believe theu were pretextual. I broke no traffic law, and was getting traffic warnings untill about 25 mins into the ordeal he brings a k9 and asks to sniff, i said yes..but not once did the k9 do so. Then from about to let me go on traffic warnings he begans asking drug questions . i was never mentioned of drugs etc...untill after the traffic warnings. I find he had no lawfully reason to suddenly follow me and make up phoney excuses to wait to pull me over. his statements have multible false holes in it, and yes drugs were found, but after turning a common traffic stop into a sudden criminal drug case. i do have a past with drug cases but its about 10 years ago, way past the statute of limitations. Can i fight
A: You need to hire an attorney. Criminal law is extremely fact specific and you need an attorney to review your case and probably file a motion to suppress.
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