If you are familiar with this legal term, please let me know the meaning. Also, I would like to know the meaning of "CRIM POSS NARCO DRUG INT/ ", what does the last word "INT" stand for? Thanks for your help.
2006-09-06 15:01:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Thank you all for your answers. These sentences are from NY.
2006-09-06 15:11:13 · update #1
Ok, we all seem to agree that the abbreviated words mean, "Criminal Possession of a Narcotic Drug w/Intent" and that the accused person had a Narcotic drug on him with the intention of selling them. However, I don't think this involves the writing of a bad check.
If he was caught with a street drug like speed, cocaine, it would state, "Posession of a Narcotic Substance." There's a difference. A "narcotic drug" is pharmaceutical. It isn't a "substance" mixed together in a home dope lab; it is a drug, a medication. Those are only obtained one way illegally for the common person: they stole a blank prescription pad or even just a single page off of it from a physician's office and forged a prescription. I worked in a pharmacy for 10 years and that's what it was called, a forged instrument. I currently am prescribed a prescription that is classified as a narcotic drug class 4, and is legal to even use while driving, because my physician prescribed it. If you have a narcotic drug on you and cannot prove it was legally prescribed by a physician, it's illegal and the police are going to pursue it and go back to the pharmacy to see if it was forged or whatever.
But it definitely sounds to me that this person got arrested and was holding a pharmaceutical drug and trying to sell it (they aren't cheap on the streets) and they found a forged prescription on him also. As for what the "3rd" means, it might refer to what class of narcotic the drug is listed under--they start at Class 1, then 2, 3, 4, 5. For example, Valium is a Class 4 narcotic. If you or someone you know has been charged with these crimes, it definitely needs legal representation, not just a public defender, if you have the financial means. Physicians and Pharmacists pay a lot of money for malpractice insurance and it took them many years to earn their medical degrees and be legally licensed to practice and dispense medication and their signature is their word. They don't take it lightly when they find out someone stole it to obtain pharmaceutical medication to sell illegally. It would be a better defense if the accused did it to support their secret addiction, but if they believe and can prove it was done with the intention of selling it to others, that's usually a felony.
2006-09-07 09:41:19 · answer #1 · answered by HisChamp1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Posses Meaning
2016-11-16 08:18:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possession of a forged instrument (usually a check, but not always) in the 3rd degree. Someone was trying to pass a check off that wasn't theirs.
Criminal possession of a narcotic drug with intent to sell, had more dope on him than for personal use, he was dealing.
I'm from NY and work here as a PI, so I'm comfortable telling you the skinny on these.
2006-09-06 16:26:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is shorthand for possession of a forged instrument, in the third degree.
Under the Model Penal Code, it is the lowest degree of possession of a forged instrument and it applies to a forged document which is not covered in first degree (stamps, money, negotiable instruments) or second degree (government documents and public documents).
The second question refers to INTENT to sell.
2006-09-06 15:04:16 · answer #4 · answered by CAPTREE 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's shorthand for specific crimes. The actual crimes vary by state.
Possession of a forged instrument (such as a forged check) in the 3rd degree.
Criminal possession of narcotics, with intent to distribute.
2006-09-06 15:03:31 · answer #5 · answered by coragryph 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Coragryph said it all. Or at least he said it first. As for torri, sorry honey, but that answer was way the hell wrong. Nice try though. Good answers to everyone else but Coragryph has got my vote for best answer.
2006-09-06 17:51:46 · answer #6 · answered by HBPD 126 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its always helpful to mention what state the charge is from. Some states have different classes for crimes.
2006-09-06 15:03:55 · answer #7 · answered by Rob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the INT stands for "intent"
2006-09-06 15:04:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A forged instrument is a hand made weapon, like a spoon made into a blade etc...(most common in jail and prison)
The int. you refer to is "intent' possibly meaning: intent to sell.
2006-09-06 15:06:01 · answer #9 · answered by Torri * 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋