Uh, they do that with escapee's, parolees etc so they can pile on more charges if they turn positive. Hello? Not only that, the defense attorneys usually demand it an attempt to use it as a defense. "Oh, my client was on drugs, he didn't know what he was doing" bla bla, etc etc. Of course they test them when they go back into custody.
Of course the may not where you live. LOL..
That's a bunch of bull. On the one hand you say that they do this to escapees so they can pile on more charges, and then you say that defense attorneys demand it so they can use it as a defense.
No, that's not what I said. I said in *addition* to being tested once back in custody, if the criminal committed more crimes when he was on the streets, a defense attorney may want to know if he was on drugs, as it could possibly be used as a defense for his client.
Your a defense attorney? LOL. Would you rather defend your client being under the influence and committing a crime or if he were stone sober and knew exactly what he was doing when the crime was committed?
Being under the influence can be used as an excuse to an *extent*. You don't know this? It's happened a million times in an *attempt* to reduce penalties. How would a juror look at a defendent that robbed a store and punched his wife when he was drunk or on drugs, as opposed to a defendent that did the same thing while completely stone sober. Hello? It matters.
That's silly.
Your silly.
Why would defense attorneys demand something that is going to get their clients in more trouble?
Well, uh, er...Again, would you rather defend someone that was stone sober when they committed a serious crime, or someone who may have been under the influence, that could possible be used as a defense for the defendant, and possible reduce penalties?
And what charge would the state put on an escapee if he tested positive?
Ah, just a wild guess, but I would say, under the influence of illegal drugs. Most felons and inmates are forbidden to use illegal drugs while in prison, and after release/parole . Hello?
They won't make a possession charge stick unless he is in possession of drugs.
Who said anything about possession??
People get busted all the time for being under the influence of illegal substances, and they are not in possession of anything. Hello?
LOL!
Remind me to never use you as a defense attorney. You ought to get into another field.
Your understanding of the system is lacking. I think you must watch too much TV. I know what I know from handling thousands of criminal cases over the years. It's not worth it for me to waste my time arguing with some guy who has no idea what he is talking about.
"Remind me to never use you as a defense attorney."
Okay, never use me as a defense attorney.
"You ought to get into another field."
Maybe you ought to become an attorney, seeing as how you think you already know everything there is to know. Those of us who really do know what we are doing like it when we run into people like you in the courtroom.