Doctor Accused of Selling OxyContin From His Office In Lawrence Massachusetts
According to The Lawrence Eagle Tribune, the FBI is alleging that Dr. Paul D. Weinstein used OxyContin prescriptions to entice a woman to buy his Lexis SUV. The paper reported that he offered to provide Oxycontin prescritions to the woman and an undercover government informant who was posing to broker the deal. The undercover agent recenty filed an affidavit in the U.S. District Court. Court papers allege that Weinstein made thousands of dollars selling illegal oxycodone prescriptions from his office in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
According to reports, during February and March of 2009 Weinstein sold the prescriptions to an undercover agent and a confidential informant. As the result of the execution of a search warrant the authorities retrieved evidence from his office. Weinstein faces up to 20 years in federal prison to be followed by up to three years of supervised release and a $1 million fine if convicted. He is due back in court on May 7th.
If you are charged with the distribution of a controlled substance the penalties are harsh. For example, the charge of distribution or intent to distribute a controlled substance in a school zone or in a park calls for a mandatory jail sentence of two years in prison. In addition to the count of distribution or intent to distribute a defendant faces and on and after sentence on the "school zone" violation. An experienced Massachusetts defense attorney will often file a motion to suppress physical evidence and a motion to suppress statements as a first line of defense in cases where a search warrant has been executed and where a defendant has made inculpatory statements without being given his or her "Miranda Warnings." If the police confiscated illegal substances and drugs from your person, motor vehicle or home a motion to suppress is often filed in appropriate circumstances. If you are charged with a violation of the Massachsuetts drug laws, an experienced Massachusetts trial attorney will often argue that the government did not have reasonable suspicion to conduct a threshold inquiry of a defendant and lacked probable cause to conduct a search.
If you have been charged with a violation of any of the controlled substance laws including possession of a controlled substance, conspiracy to violate the drug laws, possession with intent to distribute drugs, possession with intent to distribute an illegal drug in a school zone or distribution of an illegal drug in a school zone you must contact a successful criminal defense attorney as soon as possible. Attorney McCarthy has successfully litigated motions to suppress evidence in a number of Massachusetts courts including Peabody District Court and Stoughton District Court. Call Attorney McCarthy at 978-875-8060 or contact her online and she will get to work on your case as soon as possible.
