Expert: Jack Toomey - 10/14/2005

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Okay thanks for your response.  However, I did find my answer via the Internet via the Miami website...not an exact answer but a range.  Appreciated your time though.  It was just a general question. It is not for me. Was having a discussion with one of my co-workers so I will not need to talk a lawyer or anything like that thank goodness.
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Hi Jack,

I was wondering if someone is convicted of a Felony Charge for Cocaine/Possession what will be the fines and/or maximum jail time they might have to serve this is for Miami, FL.  

Any information that you can provide will be helpful.

Thanks,
Angela
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Angela,

    I'm sorry but there is no way that I could even guess at the fine or maximum jail time for any conviction.  The reason is that I am not a judge, I don't know the prior record of the defendant, I don't know the state guildlines for sentencing, the amount of drugs that the defendant was in possesion of, the seriousness of the case, and many other reasons.  I think that you should be talking to your attorney about these things because he is familiar with the laws and the likely sentences in Florida.

    Trying to predict sentences and fines is simply something that I can't or will do.

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  Ok well I am glad that you found something but understand that there is no hard and fast answer to your question.  There  are so many variables involved that I never answer a question like that because so many are from parents or friends or people who have just been arrested and it is not fair to them to get their hopes up.