Defensas y ofensas relacionadas con drogas en Georgia

Explicación Simple

En Georgia, si tienes una licencia de farmacia, puede ayudarte si te acusan de tener drogas. Además, vender drogas y tener drogas son dos cosas diferentes y pueden tener castigos distintos.

Es como si tuvieras un permiso para conducir. Si tienes el permiso, no te pueden multar por manejar, pero si te atrapan vendiendo un auto robado, eso es otro problema.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un farmacéutico con licencia, es detenido con narcóticos en su auto. Si se le acusa de posesión, puede usar su licencia como defensa. Por otro lado, si se le encuentra vendiendo esos mismos narcóticos, enfrentará un cargo diferente que puede tener su propio castigo.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Pharmacy license as defense to drug possession charge. - Whether an individual has a license or is otherwise lawfully permitted to have in the individual's possession narcotic drugs under O.C.G.A. Ch. 13, T. 16 is matter of defense and not an element of the offense. Woods v. State, 233 Ga. 347 , 211 S.E.2d 300 (1974), appeal dismissed, 422 U.S. 1002, 95 S. Ct. 2623 , 45 L. Ed. 2 d 667 (1975). Selling and possessing prohibited drugs are separate offenses. - Neither offense of selling or possessing prohibited drugs is a necessary element in, or constitutes an essential part of, the other offense. They are in law separate and distinct offenses, and may be punished as separate crimes. Gee v. State, 225 Ga. 669 , 171 S.E.2d 291 (1969). Sale proscribed under this article is not included offense of sale under Article 2 of chapter. - Offense of sale of methaqualone as proscribed and made a misdemeanor by O.C.G.A. Art. 3, Ch. 13, T. 16 is not an included offense of sale of methaqualone as proscribed and made a felony by O.C.G.A. Art. 2, Ch. 13, T. 16 (Controlled Substances Act), since purposes of the two Acts and legislative intent in enacting them are different. Different facts and elements must be proved when proving offense under either Act even though sale of methaqualone is gravamen of each offense. Head v. State, 160 Ga. App. 4 , 285 S.E.2d 735 (1981).