Criterios para determinar si un objeto es para consumo de drogas

Explicación Simple

Cuando un juez debe decidir si un objeto es para usar drogas, mira varias cosas. Por ejemplo, si la persona que tiene el objeto ha dicho cómo se usa o si ha tenido problemas con la ley antes.

Es como cuando un maestro evalúa si un estudiante trajo un libro de texto o un comic. Si el estudiante dice que es para estudiar, pero tiene un comic en su mochila, el maestro podría dudar de su respuesta.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene una pipa en su casa. La policía llega y encuentra que ha tenido problemas con la ley por drogas. También ven que hay restos de una sustancia en la pipa. Esto podría hacer que un juez considere que la pipa es para consumir drogas.

Penalidades

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Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

218A.510 Factors to be considered in determining whether object is drug paraphernalia. In determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia, a court or other authority should consider, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the following: (1) Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use; (2) Prior convictions, if any, of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, under any state or federal law relating to any controlled substance; (3) The proximity of the object, in time and space, to a direct violation of KRS 218A.500(2), (3) or (4); (4) The proximity of the object to controlled substances; (5) The existence of any residue of controlled substances on the object; (6) Direct or circumstantial evidenc e of the intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, to deliver it to persons whom he knows, or should reasonably know, intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of KRS 218A.500(2), (3) or (4); the innocence of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, as to a direct violation of KRS 218A.500(2), (3) or (4) shall not prevent a finding that the object is intended for use, or designed for use as drug paraphernalia; (7) Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use; (8) Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use; (9) National and local advertising concerning its use; (10) The manner in which the object