Mr. Ventura was successful in representing his client in a federal drug conspiracy case. The Government’s allegations were that the client was involved in a conspiracy to distribute and the distribution of methamphetamine. Mr. Ventura’s client was apprehended selling approximately one pound of methamphetamine to a confidential informant.
As a result of the client’s participation in the conspiracy, the client was facing a mandatory minimum ten-year prison sentence. Through tactful negotiation and persuasive sentencing arguments, Mr. Ventura succeeded in reducing his client’s sentence to only three years imprisonment.