Possession of controlled substance in third degree -- Penalties
Known as the Kentucky Controlled Substances Act
The act spans §§ 218A.005 to 218A.994 (124 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Perkins v. Commonwealth (2007)
Most recently applied in Commonwealth v. Adkins (January 2011)
Effective: June 8, 2011 History: Amended 2011 Ky
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) A person is guilty of possession of a controlled substance in the third degree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses a controlled substance classified in Schedules IV or V.
(2) Possession of a controlled substance in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.