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Substance Abuse Experts can help with DUI / DWI cases, drug cases, domestic violence cases and other criminal cases in California.

California drug possession, sales, manufacturing and trafficking convictions carry numerous repercussions, including heavy fines and time in jail or prison. However,- there are alternative sentencing available, such as electronic monitoring, that can reduce or even eliminate time behind bars. The experienced defense lawyers at the Kavinoky Law Firm will evaluate each California controlled substance case to determine whether electronic monitoring or another sentencing alternative may be an option.

Incarceration was once nearly unavoidable in many California drug cases, but the courts have undergone a fundamental shift and now recognize that sentencing alternatives benefit both society and the defendant by allowing for treatment and easing jail overcrowding.

Having an expert defense team consisting of an experienced criminal lawyer and a knowledgeable Substance Abuse Expert gives a California drug defendant the best chance of obtaining electronic monitoring or another type of sentence alternative.

The Substance Abuse Expert will perform a thorough evaluation of the accused drug offender to establish whether electronic monitoring or another form of alternative sentencing, such as residential treatment, may be an option.

Electronic monitoring is essentially house arrest - the offender must remain at home except to go to court appearances, approved treatment, Narcotics Anonymous meetings, and other essential travel. Time spent on house arrest is credited toward a jail sentence on a day-for-day basis.

The drug offender must wear an ankle bracelet that alerts authorities whenever there is an unauthorized absence. The device on the ankle bracelet communicates with a transmitter located inside the driver's home. Any attempt to remove the bracelet or tamper with the device also will be recorded.

Some jurisdictions also use technology called SCRAM, or Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor, in cases that involve alcohol as well as drugs. The device, which also monitors house arrest, detects alcohol excretion from the skin. SCRAM devices are designed to enforce probation terms that require the offender to remain alcohol-free.

Although being confined to home for extended periods of time may seem undesirable, electronic monitoring or house arrest is a vast improvement over spending time in county jail.

electronic monitoring and other sentencing options are viable alternatives to jail in many California controlled substance cases. The experienced drug defense attorneys at the Kavinoky Law Firm will pursue every option to help accused drug offenders obtain alternative sentencing and avoid a jail sentence.