Si alguien deja drogas en un lugar público, puede meterse en problemas. No importa si no las tenía en la mano, solo el hecho de abandonarlas puede ser un delito.
Es como si estuvieras en un parque y decides dejar tu bicicleta ahí porque ves a un agente de policía. Aunque no te la robaron, dejarla ahí puede causarte problemas.
Imagina que Juan está en un barrio y ve a unos policías. Asustado, tira un paquete de crack en un basurero. Aunque no lo estaba usando, al abandonarlo en un lugar público, puede ser arrestado por posesión.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Abandonment is not a lesser included offense of possession and, even if there was evidence that defendant prosecuted for possession of cocaine might have committed the separate act of abandonment, defendant was not entitled to a charge on that crime. Billingsley v. State, 220 Ga. App. 69 , 467 S.E.2d 377 (1996). Evidence sufficient for conviction. - Evidence supported defendant's conviction for abandonment of a controlled substance in a public place, in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-13-3 , because defendant was approached by undercover officers, and when defendant realized that they were officers, defendant threw the crack cocaine that defendant was holding at a trash barrel on the abandoned residential lot where defendant was standing; the area was within the definition of "public place" under O.C.G.A. § 16-1-3(15) as the area was viewed by persons other than the members of defendant's family or household. Woods v. State, 275 Ga. App. 471 , 620 S.E.2d 660 (2005). Evidence was sufficient to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty of manufacturing methamphetamine, O.C.G.A. § 16-13-30(b) , conspiring to possess methamphetamine, O.C.G.A. § 16-13-3 , and possessing methamphetamine, § 16-13-3 0(a) because the state was not required to show that the defendant was in sole or actual possession of the methamphetamine but could establish the element of possession by showing that the defendant was in joint constructive possession of the contraband; t
Abandonar una sustancia controlada significa dejarla en un lugar público, lo que puede considerarse un delito por posesión, aunque no la estés usando.
Sí, puedes ser arrestado si abandonas drogas en un lugar donde otras personas pueden verlas, incluso si no las tenías directamente en tus manos.
Si abandonas drogas que no son tuyas en un lugar público, aún podrías enfrentar cargos, ya que el acto de abandono es lo que se considera ilegal.
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