If you have been arrested for an alleged drug sale, your New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer may want to cross-examine the arresting officer.  After the officer has given his account of the incident, your attorney’s cross-examination might include the following questions:

• Where were you parked?
• Which side of the car were you on?
• Were you on the same side of the street as my client?
• Were there cars parked between you and my client?
• Did you or your partner use binoculars to observe my client?
• How far were you from my client when you saw him hand something to the other individual?
• The item you say you saw my client give to the individual who approached him—you could not see what it was?
• And you could not identify the item the individual gave to Defendant?
• You say that my client handed a package to another man?
• Could you please describe that other man?
• Had you seen this man before?
• Did you see what the man did with the package?
• Did you stop that man?
• Did you search him?
• Did you find drugs on him?

Questions like these may reveal inconsistencies in the officer’s account, and can be the key to creating “reasonable doubt.”  For this reason, an effective cross examination of the arresting officer can be all the difference in defending a drug sale case.  For best results, you need an experienced New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer like Sven Wiberg in your corner.  To schedule a free consultation, contact his office at 603-686-5454.