Quote from: dave00 on May 07, 2012, 10:14 pmOk but is a normal thing to sign for a package very normal person do itSo if you sign the pack and then you're arrested you can say I don't know what's in the packagethey open it: drugs/weapons, counterfeit. You can say it's not mine everyone can send a thing to you orsomeone has tried to use my address for bad thing. Just keep your mouth and ass well closed ;Dremeber if you're charged for something, always a lawyerI'm not sure if it's the same in the US but certainly in the UK, possession is the offence. Generally speaking taking possession of a package means that you also take possession of its contents. I was still a little uncertain on this so I finally got round to calling a family friend who is a Barrister (a lawyer for all my American friends) and asked for her thoughts.Obviously due to legal privilege she couldn't be too specific but she said she had indeed had two cases where clients had received packages and later tried to claim the contents weren't theirs. Both times the packages contained drugs and both times they had been intercepted as part of a sting.In one of the cases the client frankly admitted his guilt at trial and received a lesser, non custodial sentence (mitigation for previous good character and early guilty plea). The second client tried to instruct her by saying that he simply didn't know what was in the package. His case wasn't helped by the fact he had a (small) quantity of cannabis in his home at the time but she told him frankly that trying to mount a defence on this basis simply wasn't credible and would be embarrassing for them both. Perhaps if he had been a 65 year old Nun he might have had more joy. Like the other client he simply remained silent at interview and pleaded guilty in court and received a more lenient sentence. This is about as good as it gets if you a) have contraband delivered to your own home and b) choose to sign for packages. Have drugs delivered to an address to which you're not connected and sign for nothing at your own door and these problems will be very much reduced.V.