United States of America v. Shadon Demetric Edwards

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition despite having previously been convicted of a crime punishable by more than a year in prison, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g).



Shadon Edwards was suspected of being a high-level organizer in a drug-trafficking organization responsible for distributingillegal narcotics throughout south Florida. After obtaining an arrest warrant for Edwards, law-enforcement officials observed him driving around Pompano Beach. The officers followed and, after seeing Edwards park, approached and took him into custody. A search incident to Edwards's arrest revealed that he had a Glock 43 nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol, loaded with six rounds of ammunition.

The Defendant pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 180 months in prison.