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N.Y. Penal Law § 220.18: Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title M. Offenses Against Public Health and Morals
  4. Article 220. Controlled Substances Offenses

§ 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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