Can you be charged with possession with intent to deliver if someone you're with gets caught with stuff
Asked on Apr 28th, 2026 on Criminal Law - Pennsylvania
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I was in a car wreck with someone and when the cops showed up the driver got caught with 10 bricks of fentanyl in his pocket and I got caught with a empty stamp bag and a straw and I have 2 charges the one is manufacture delivery or possession with intent to manufacture and paraphernalia and the driver said that I was the one who set the meet up for him to get the stuff
Yes, they are likely basing this on the circumstances and the theories of both actual & constrcutive possession. This is a VERY serious charge and I would lhighly recommend having experienced counsel to represent you during this time and throughout the whole case.
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