Drug Cases

M.C. Bruce has been handling possession and sales cases since becoming a public defender in 1987. He’s handled simple possession cases and complex manufacturing cases with excellent results.

M.C. Bruce’s Notable Cases:

In one memorable trial, he won an acquittal for a black man who was arrested for walking in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time. The police tried to say that he was selling drugs and manufactured evidence against him. But M.C. Bruce convinced the jury that the man, who had no prior record, had been framed by the cops.

In a preliminary hearing in Humboldt County, he represented one of three defendants who were arrested for transportation of vast quantities of marijuana. M.C. Bruce’s aggressive cross examination of the investigating officer at prelim convinced the District Attorney to reduce his client’s charge from a felony to a misdemeanor. The client was granted probation and did not serve any jail time.

M.C. Bruce has won suppression motions on both straight possession and complex sales cases. One client, a former clerk of the court in Orange County, had been arrested for possession while she was driving out of the parking lot of an Angels game. M.C. Bruce’s incisive questioning of the arresting officer convinced one of the most conservative judges in Orange County to suppress the evidence and the case was dismissed.

If you are Arrested in a Drug Case:

Do not give consent for search of your car or your residence.
If the police have a search warrant, ask for a copy of the warrant.
Do not answer any questions from the police other than to tell them who you are and where you live.
Do not talk to anyone in the jail about your case.
Do not talk on the jail phone about your case to anyone.
Do not talk in the visiting rooms about the facts of your case to anyone but your lawyer.
Do not talk to any family members about the case.