Legal Question in Criminal Law in Tennessee

NO, the possession of methamphetamine is illegal in the state of Tennessee.

At least, not without a valid prescription, and I gather from the fact that you were

charged with it, you did not have a valid prescription.

If you were asking if it was legal for him to charge you after you "proactively" handed

a DTF agent some of your meth, yes, it's legal.

So have a talk with your defense attorney. And you didn't mention whether or not it

was a "simple possession" or a "possession with intent to sell/deliver."

Most of the agents I work with will issue a citation instead of arrest if the defendant

voluntarily gives up a small bit of "own use" drugs, so I'm not saying you were stupid

to do so. After all, if you were driving on a revoked or suspended license the

officer had the right to make an arrest, and a search incident to arrest, so the meth

almost certainly would have been found even if you did not consent to handing it over.

Look on the bright side. If you had not coughed it up, and he took you to booking,

and it was found during the booking search and dress out, you would have leveraged

a Class A Misdemeanor into a Class C Felony called "Contraband in a Penal Institution."

Yeah, I've had clients do it.