NY State — NY Penal Law

§ 220.18 — Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree

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What is NY PL § 220.18?

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degree. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses: 1.

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§ 220.18 Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree

PL § 220.18

§ 220.18 Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second

degree.

A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses:

1.one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing a narcotic drug and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of four ounces or more; or

2.one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of isomers and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of two ounces or more; or

3.a stimulant and said stimulant weighs ten grams or more; or

4.lysergic acid diethylamide and said lysergic acid diethylamide weighs twenty-five milligrams or more; or

5.a hallucinogen and said hallucinogen weighs six hundred twenty-five milligrams or more; or

6.a hallucinogenic substance and said hallucinogenic substance weighs twenty-five grams or more; or

7.methadone and said methadone weighs two thousand eight hundred eighty milligrams or more.

Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree is a class A-II felony.

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