Serious drug charge. Guilty plea set aside.

Following a falling out with his previous lawyer a new client approached our team for last minute assistance. The difficulty was our client had already pleaded guilty to a serious drug manufacturing charge and was facing sentence in the District Court. Upon review of the evidence, we determined our client could not be convicted of that offence and should never have been persuaded to plead guilty. Prosecutors accepted our submission to discontinue the manufacture charge and replace it with a simple drug possession offence. We represented our client for sentencing in the Magistrates Court and were able to limit the penalty to a fine and the bonus of a Spent Conviction Order.