4 Ways to Beat Drug Possession Charges in Court

This video explains how to beat drug possession charges. Beating drug charges involves a 4 step evaluation of your case. Visit https://www.gustitislaw.com for more information about beating drug possession charges in court and criminal defense lawyers in Bryan-College Station, TX.

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In this video, criminal attorney Stephen Gustitis describes how to beat drug possession charges. Drug charges can be challenged in court using 4 methods of attack including identity issues, possession issues, knowledge issues, and 4th Amendment search and seizure issues. Steve is a Texas Board Certified Criminal Defense Lawyer practicing in Bryan-College Station, Texas. He has more than 28 years of experience in the field of criminal law and criminal defense in Brazos County. His videos cover a range of the best defense tactics and criminal defense strategies, including how to beat drug possession charges. #drugcharges #gustitislaw #possessioncharges

50 Comments

  1. Lynnette Pope on July 22, 2021 at 8:56 pm

    I grabbed a back pack from a hotel lobby that I believed to be my friends. upon discovery it was not, I went to return it to the front desk. I was asked by my friend to bring a room key down as he had a friend in the lobby and I was leaving. Upon exiting the elevator I had a police officer grab me as a man had called about his back pack. I was arrested. 4 days later I receive in the mail, a felony drug charge! The envelope I grabbed with the room number did not have a key, It had a gram of Meth! the back pack case was dropped so I never should have been arrested but they are pushing on with a felony drug charge! any thoughts?



  2. Snap Chat Kween on July 22, 2021 at 8:56 pm

    What if a cop setting you up and his name never on your paperwork and you reported him and now he getting worse. And when I reported him the Lt pushed me out of my chair and rushed me out the office.



  3. Jessica Rabbit on July 22, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    What is a person has a warrant and when being arrested they find in a container in his pocket he was unaware of carrying on labs has showed supposed math they arrested him on possession He pled not guilty to the possession because it was not in his knowledge that this was a container containing meth at any time his defence attorney says he should plead no contest How ever each really had no knowledge of it being any kind of container used for methamphetamine there was a glass file out with no power E substance or residues



  4. JoshDaBoss on July 22, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    Hey man im 17 and i had weed in my car. I was with my friends at a gas station and one of my friends asked someone for alcohol. And the cops came up to my car when i tried to leave. Said it smelled like marijuana and i got breathalyzer tested and i blew a .4. They searched my car without my consent but im not sure if they needed consent after they smelled it. But i am just nervous about whats going to happen to me . They didnt give me dui. Just underage consumption and possesion of marijuana. Do you think they will send me to jail?



  5. Diana Hernandez on July 22, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    Can you work with a Denton Tx case



  6. Dacarion Fugate on July 22, 2021 at 9:02 pm

    I got a citation for possession of a gram of marijuana in Mississippi but I never told them where it was or anything like that my girlfriend , the passenger , got it out for the police officer and they charged me for it even though it was never in my possession I was just driving. The car wasn’t mine either. What do you think I should do



  7. Nathan Sexton on July 22, 2021 at 9:03 pm

    can the police say i have a active felony warrent arrest me serach me put me in the cop car then tell me i dont have a warrent. but while searching they found some drugs. is that a leagl search



  8. Jason C. on July 22, 2021 at 9:03 pm

    Hire a competent lawyer 🙊



  9. Donna Robinson on July 22, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    I was living with my boyfriend without me knowing he stole 2,100.00 from a women over 61yrs old….he also had parafornia in his apartment he got a lawyer now the case is closed for him.. but the same charges I am facing…
    These charges are still opened for me….I have a feeling that he put this on me….Can I get some feed back…….Around the same time he beat me with a be be gun, knocked my teeth out, I have a fracture unneath my let eye, he threatened me with the gun, punched me I’m my head, kicked me when I was down….I did pressed charges I have a PFA order of protection, I am still scared for my life, The one this I did do was sign a check from the elderly women’s writing it out for $450.00 But he said the would kill me if I didn’t do it, he even waited out side of M&T Bank do I need a lawyer!!!! 😓😓🙏🙏



  10. Steve Hubbard on July 22, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    My fiance & I had an argument & she called police to escort her and her things out of the house when they came in they immediately arrested me and even though they weren’t there for anything else they searched a box just because it had a trucker sticker of a girl lying on a marijuana leaf. Now I did have marijuana in the box but I did not know there was a baggie of crystal meth ( About under a gram) in there; I told them it wasn’t mine & that my nephew who had stayed with us for 2 weeks before incident was a crystal meth user. Can I serve time for this? I live in Moyock, North Carolina & have court( with no attorney to represent me) this morning.



  11. Kelly on July 22, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    If you are under the influence can cops search your car? One of my friends was waiting for a ride and fell asleep in the car. He had a small amount of narcotics and some paraphanelia. Since he was in a car they are trying to charge him with DWI even though he was asleep, possession and paraphanelia. What can we do to beat this? Was it a legal search if he didn’t consent? Is he was sleeping then how can they say he was driving? Please help!!



  12. BEN ALEXENDER on July 22, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    Thanks



  13. Diego Ortega on July 22, 2021 at 9:13 pm

    About a hour ago I was parked behind my house alley and 2 cop cars came and flashed the light I asked is it illegal to park here? They said there was a truck fitting the same description as my truck asked me to step out of the vehicle searched me and my truck I had 3.5 of marijuana in my car I got a citation for 150$ they came up to my car for no reason just cuz I fit the description and I did not consent for the search



  14. Sarah Tubbs on July 22, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    Can it be only one officer search your car legally? And does his dash and chest cam suppose to be on at all times??



  15. REX-T Gaming on July 22, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    hi i have a drug possession charge of marijauna and it wasnt mine it was my brothers who was sitting in the back seat of me. the cops charged me with vape pen and i was the driver i had no knowledge of any of it. i was heading home and they charged me in KS, i live in NM. im just scared and i dont know what to do. can you please tell me on how i can have a chance to get out of this. i have a family and i dont want to go to jail or anything. and i dont have enough money to hire a lawyer in NM or KS. PLEASE HELP.



  16. Gà của tv Georgia on July 22, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    I have arrested at the house but police came without warrant then they see marijuana then went get the warrant. Is that possible my case discharge ?



  17. Victor Thomas on July 22, 2021 at 9:16 pm

    I failed to pay majuana citation but the court date was on a Sunday but the next day was Memorial Day and I went and payed Tuesday then I got a summons in the mail



  18. Eric Mcentee on July 22, 2021 at 9:18 pm

    What if you get pulled over in your rv and cop said he has two reasons that he pulled you over.ok finally he tells me I have a string lagging behind off of my generated case.and I have up top white lights in stead of red ones.then he wants to serch my rv I said if you feel you need to.so he goes in and brings out two meth pipes and writes me a situation for open container drug para and light law window tent law and unsecured load and regerstration violation what the heck.i don’t do drugs haven’t seen the rope ever before and wasn’t drinking or on drugs my tent was to keep my cool air from escaping and I’ve never known about the light law and never seen the pipes before.he didn’t aren’t me never give me a subrity test just wanted to see what type of person I was and said he was making sure I wasn’t a therapist or unabomber.



  19. phu cue on July 22, 2021 at 9:19 pm

    Easy ! Don’t get caught with illegal drugs ! Do them right when you get them !



  20. June Den on July 22, 2021 at 9:19 pm

    Watching this for a friend



  21. Alone-in-this-life on July 22, 2021 at 9:21 pm

    I was a passenger in a car in Florida and we got stopped for speeding the police officer asked if there was any drugs or weapons in the car and if the officer can search the car owner of the car agreed to the search I went to get out of the car as the passenger and the officer told me to leave my purse in the car he came back and arrested me for a bag of MDMA in my purse yet he never asked you to search me when I mentioned to him why did he search my purse he mentioned you never said I could not search your purse I said you made me put it back in the car when I went to go walk out with it and he stated I asked you and you did it willingly in the report it states when pulling us over and giving my name to dispatch I was known as a drug user in the purse was visibly mine because it was on my lap because I’m a drug user with allowed to search it anyway in Florida



  22. ben cruz on July 22, 2021 at 9:25 pm

    How bout we stop all prohibition and fuck off with the drug war.



  23. Leatha Hendricks on July 22, 2021 at 9:25 pm

    What if the drugs was found on you



  24. Robert Loftin on July 22, 2021 at 9:25 pm

    Also please explain when you get a chance what is a motion to suppress



  25. Ao on July 22, 2021 at 9:25 pm

    I got pulled over for a broken tail light and they found 80 grams of fentanyl 2 kilograms of cocaine and 4 pounds of marijuana do you have any other advice for me ?? I had no prior record and I’m still a minor but turn 18 in 5 months



  26. Nicholas Patti on July 22, 2021 at 9:29 pm

    Know the best way to beat a drug possession charge ? After you get your Miranda Rights Don’t say a word refuse to answer any questions . Without a lawyer present .



  27. Ana White on July 22, 2021 at 9:29 pm

    Hey, my friend got charged with a felony possession cs pg 2 because she had a thc vape cartridge on her. She’s super scared that she might face jail time or a huge fine for a cart and I was wondering if you had any tips on how to defend against this charge and maybe even get it reduced to a misdemeanor



  28. H E A L I N G S H A D O W S on July 22, 2021 at 9:30 pm

    Are you on TikTok yet?



  29. Rubee on July 22, 2021 at 9:32 pm

    Steve, after 4 years and 5 court appointed attorneys that did nothing but try to throw me under the bus my 1st degree felony drug case was dismissed on May 10th 2021. In Feb of 2020 the court found out that the CI had indeed been ‘planting’ drugs in people’s homes just like I had been saying this entire time. 2 of this CI’s victims have been released from prison after serving almost 2 years. They were given ‘actual innocence’. I’m seeking accountability for what happened to me as I have lost everything fighting this malicious prosecution . Do u know of any lawyers in San Antonio that would want to take a case such as mine?
    Thank you



  30. Daniel Lenard on July 22, 2021 at 9:33 pm

    A friend was caught with cannabis he said the whole time it was “CBD bud” and since it contains .03 thc it will field test positive . The states have no way to test percentage only that it is present as the test is expensive and only done by private companies…he beat it they couldn’t prove it wasn’t hemp bud or cbd



  31. Jessica Rabbit on July 22, 2021 at 9:33 pm

    When you say that knowledge of possession is a good defence what is it mean if they cannot prove you knowingly possessed something does that mean not guilty dismissal or does that mean no contest thanks again for your help with everything your awesome



  32. KaiSlime on July 22, 2021 at 9:39 pm

    I need help wit a case I got attempted delivery for some weed



  33. Auvrey Clark on July 22, 2021 at 9:40 pm

    Can the police search your vehicle after you said no to the search in anyway or form and they get the K-9 unit and pretend like the k-9 have a hit are they allowed on search when it was supposed to only be a warning traffic stop



  34. Tina M Gentry on July 22, 2021 at 9:42 pm

    I was arrested in August of 2019 for second degree misdemeanor possession of marijuana I was not given a lawyer’s name until June of 2020 after almost a year of me refusing to make a play guilty of or not until I received my right to an attorney at my first court hearing and October of 2019 I filled out the application to be declared indigent to receive a court-appointed lawyer because I am a single mother and I am on disability they said that I was more than indigent however they never gave me a lawyer wanted to just send me directly to color code and come back in 60 days and when I asked do I not get a lawyer the prosecutor said that this charge carries up to a year and County jail do you want to go to jail or do you want to go to color code and come back in 60 days and so therefore I was never given a lawyer’s name until June of 2020 when I again told the judge that I will not make a plea nor will I just accept whatever punishment they want to give me without me being able to speak with a lawyer and no my rights know what my options are well the lawyer’s name and number that they gave me is disconnected I am unable to find this lawyer anywhere so now it is almost August of 2021 and I’m going to court tomorrow and they have said that if the case is not taken care of that they are going to suspend my license or they’re not statue of limitations on discharge and also what about my sixth amendment right to legal representation even if I can’t afford it could you please reply back and help me out in this situation thank you…



  35. Outlaw Ontherun on July 22, 2021 at 9:42 pm

    hello thank you for your time and i hope you see this…
    A little over a year ago i was catching a flight to San Antonio to surprise my best friend for her bday.
    the night before i was to leave a family member drove from the gulf coast area and picked me up so they could take me to the New Orleans airport that next morning, I called up a friend that lived there and he sent one of his friends to pick me up and thats where everything went wrong….
    i was a passenger in his car….
    in the end he O,R’S out and i have to bond out charged with a felony for something thats was never mine .
    any help would be greatly appreciated … I’m a 48 year old grandmother that has never been in any kind of trouble like this. other then a speeding ticket every now and then thats been the most of my woes with the law…. thanks for your time
    hcwoutlaw@gmail.com



  36. Anthony Carlton on July 22, 2021 at 9:44 pm

    What if the supposedly possess6of a controlled substance is olive oil that supposedly got tested and came back positive for THC? And it was found on the person. It was prayer oil that was received from a Pastor of a non denominational Church? Thanks I’m advance. This happen during a traffic stop (speeding) and consent was not given to search the vehicle. Texas is the state Lewisville is the city



  37. Kevin Dammones on July 22, 2021 at 9:46 pm

    Can they run tags just by u going to the store no other reason. And pull u over and see drugs



  38. Eric Ride on July 22, 2021 at 9:47 pm

    You have awesome knowledge :>) ! I’m a former cop & USAF vet. I was recently arrested for DUI (.10 alc) & poss of Xanax (about 200 pills). How can they accurately question me (which they did) if i’m under the influence of the drug? Xanax as well as most hypnotics act like ‘truth serum’, I mean you are extremely suggestable when you’re on them. They got me to tell them I ordered them over the net and told them i ordered Xanax. I wasn’t in control. I could have wanted to order Xantac (similar in name), but was sent Xanax instead. What do you think of all this? Have you heard of the overdose defense?



  39. Tony Sanchez on July 22, 2021 at 9:47 pm

    I was driving with possession of maybe 4 Oz or more no baile time for now.. the cops said they will let me go but I will get a call after lab results of the THC is high.. also had a scale and told them it’s for my personal use for insomnia and adhd but what are my options? Hope I just get fined and not jail time no all they took was the scale and bag of weed I did tel them I don’t sell it’s just for personal use. Pls help



  40. Jack Mehoff on July 22, 2021 at 9:47 pm

    If a police officer asked me to search my vehicle and I deny the search can he bring a dog to sniff around the vehicle



  41. Lakita Hines on July 22, 2021 at 9:49 pm

    How do I receive my firearm back from the police when i was not charged for it only possession of Marijuana the gun was in the glove department and its legal



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  43. Tim Miller on July 22, 2021 at 9:49 pm

    Steve I’m almost mesmerized by your videos. I want to see some new content soon!!! Please.



  44. CryptoMom on July 22, 2021 at 9:50 pm

    Hey! My bf was driving my car . I left drugs in it! He was on the porch . They called him off the porch to talk and seize him! Then the dogs were called bc they seen him in the driver seat of my vehicle… OK! So they suppressed the 1 search and seizure in which only money and a knife was found on him…

    They said the dog search was independent of the 1st search and seizure and is not throwing that out! What could be done? Now, they’ve set trial should I tell his lawyer it was mines?

    The reason I haven’t was because the case was bullshit but they are doing everything they can to try convict him!

    The drugs was found in my vehicle… in which he was driving that night but not when dogs hit… police bring him back to vehicle after dog hit and charged him! What options do I have?



  45. Chito Arellano on July 22, 2021 at 9:50 pm

    First off I’m not on prohibition or parol neither am I a 4th waiver, Yesterday night I got pulled over by the sheriffs going home from work but before that my cousin asked me if I could get him a room at the motel 2 mins away from my house, during the time I was getting the room for him I saw two sheriffs go to the motel parking lot and they slowed down to look at my truck then they left, I got my cousin his room then I left almost getting home I realized the sheriff that went to the motel was behind me and turned his lights on and pulled me over. When he showed up to my window he said that if he knew me from somewhere and I responded no, he didn’t tell me the reason he pulled me over until more later first he said he saw me at the motel and that’s usually a motel that people do drug deals at, even tho he saw me in the office. He asked for my license I gave him My ID,his partner asked if I have a license and I reponsded i have a restricted license 45 sec pass and the sheriffs at my window said no u don’t, I said yes I do I’m even getting engarnaged paying off the ticket from before, he asked me if I had anything illegal in my truck if I had any guns or dope he told me can I search ur car I told him I wasn’t on prohibition or parol neither was I a fourth waiver, he responded either u can let me search ur truck or I can tow ur truck and search it anyways so pretty much I had no choice I need my vehicle to go to work, he asked me one more time if I have anything in the truck and I told him yea and I’m not going to sugar coat it I had a a broken meth pipe and no I was not under the influence and it’s been a while since I even used. He said ok, he asked me is their anything else and I said no I believe it was 3-4 officers to search my truck and like I said I had nothing else besides the pipe and they didn’t find anything they searched it from top to bottom for more then 30 mins to an hour by the end he told me he pulled me over because I “had tinted windows” which my windows are way beyond the legal limit. He gave me a ticket for the broken pipe so I want to know wat should I do since I felt the search wasn’t right since he threatened to take my truck away.



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  47. myname ismyname on July 22, 2021 at 9:53 pm

    I would beat a drug charge by making a documentary & mailing drugs to Oregon because all drugs is legal over there & I’m tryna give drugs to ppl over there but I cant cause I have work @ a different state

    Can that work??



  48. Barbara Shaffer on July 22, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    I have a pending hearing I am curious should I file a motion to dismiss before the justice court judge see me it’s the first time I have had court since jail



  49. Joyce Whitson on July 22, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    The police just raided the house I recently moved into..been there 3mo..the police found nothing on me..but found a set of scales in my bedroom that my elderly mother picked up in driveway 2 days after she moved in…then on the back porch I had a back pack they found a small make-up container with meth. The back porch is used soley as the coming and going door..my roommate is deaf and bout blind…there is always people coming in and out checking in on him…and they also found a jar of pot in kitchen…and I’m getting charged with it all…can I beat this?



  50. Mass Major on July 22, 2021 at 9:54 pm

    I have a question please help me