http://mtcrimlaw.com/2007/04/03/law-montana-needs-if-the-penalty-is-ambiguous-the-accused-gets-the-benefit-of-the-lesser-punishment/ A Montana criminal defense blog. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:07:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://mtcrimlaw.com/2007/04/03/law-montana-needs-if-the-penalty-is-ambiguous-the-accused-gets-the-benefit-of-the-lesser-punishment/comment-page-1/#comment-2082 Will Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:55:58 +0000 http://mtcrimlaw.com/2007/04/03/law-montana-needs-if-the-penalty-is-ambiguous-the-accused-gets-the-benefit-of-the-lesser-punishment/#comment-2082 If you think that's bad, here in South Dakota we have an "internal possession" law. That means if you have an illegal substance in your blood or urine, it counts as possession of that substance. It also is evidence, of course, of ingesting that substance. A veritable 2 for 1, since both ingesting and possession are two distinct crimes. Ridiculous. If you think that’s bad, here in South Dakota we have an “internal possession” law. That means if you have an illegal substance in your blood or urine, it counts as possession of that substance. It also is evidence, of course, of ingesting that substance. A veritable 2 for 1, since both ingesting and possession are two distinct crimes. Ridiculous.

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