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N.Y. Penal Law § 220.41: Criminal sale 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

§ 220.41 Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree.

A person is guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the

second degree when he knowingly and unlawfully sells:

1. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances

containing a narcotic drug and the preparations, compounds, mixtures or

substances are of an aggregate weight of one-half ounce or more; or

2. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances

containing methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of isomers and

the preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate

weight of one-half ounce or more; or

3. a stimulant and the stimulant weighs five grams or more; or

4. lysergic acid diethylamide and the lysergic acid diethylamide

weighs five milligrams or more; or

5. a hallucinogen and the hallucinogen weighs one hundred twenty-five

milligrams or more; or

6. a hallucinogenic substance and the hallucinogenic substance weighs

five grams or more; or

7. methadone and the methadone weighs three hundred sixty milligrams

or more.

Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree is a

class A-II felony.

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