Manufacturing methamphetamine -- Penalties
Known as the Kentucky Controlled Substances Act
The act spans §§ 218–218 (124 sections).
Applied in 33 court decisions — leading case Beaty v. Commonwealth (2003)
Most recently applied in United States v. Timmy Fields (November 2022)
Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 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 manufacturing methamphetamine when he knowingly and unlawfully:
(a) Manufactures methamphetamine; or (b) With intent to manufacture methamphetamine possesses two (2) or more chemicals or two (2) or more items of equipment for the manufacture of methamphetamine.
(2) Manufacture of methamphetamine is a Class B felony for the first offense and a Class A felony for a second or subsequent offense.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.