If you face federal drug charges, it is possible that you will be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of incarceration if you are convicted. However, this is not a certainty, as it depends on the type of drug you are alleged to have possessed as well as the quantity. Federal law provides for
Every drug has a different threshold amount. For example, anyone convicted of possessing more than 100 grams of heroin with the intent to distribute the drug faces a five-year mandatory sentence. However, if the amount of heroin was 1 kilogram, the minimum penalty goes up to ten years in federal prison.
However, just because you've been arrested for a federal drug crime does not mean you are going to serve a mandatory sentence of jail time. There is a long way between arrest and conviction, and, with the help of an experienced federal drug crimes lawyer at The Criminal Defense Firm, you may be able to negotiate a more favorable result or beat the case outright.