Cal. Health & Safety Code Section 11378, Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell

Cal. Health & Safety Code Section 11378, Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell is a felony offense in California. Although you may actually be guilty of possession of a controlled substances like methamphetamine, there are ways to “beat the rap”; See, “How to Win Your Drug Case; Go After The Cops“.

Cal. Health & Safety Code Section 11378 provides:

11378. Except as otherwise provided in Article 7 (commencing with Section 4110) of Chapter 9 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, a person who possesses for sale a controlled substance that meets any of the following criteria shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code:

FREE CASE EVALUATION

(1) The substance is classified in Schedule III, IV, or V and is not a narcotic drug, except the substance specified in subdivision (g) of Section 11056.

(2) The substance is specified in subdivision (d) of Section 11054, except paragraphs (13), (14), (15), (20), (21), (22), and (23) of subdivision (d).

(3) The substance is specified in paragraph (11) of subdivision (c) of Section 11056.

(4) The substance is specified in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (f) of Section 11054.

(5) The substance is specified in subdivision (d), (e), or (f), except paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) and subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (f), of Section 11055.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 110. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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