{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-220.39","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 220.39","heading":"Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree","body":"§ 220.39 Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.\n  A person is guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the\nthird degree when he knowingly and unlawfully sells:\n  1. a narcotic drug; or\n  2. a stimulant, hallucinogen, hallucinogenic substance, or lysergic\nacid diethylamide and has previously been convicted of an offense\ndefined in article two hundred twenty or the attempt or conspiracy to\ncommit any such offense; or\n  3. a stimulant and the stimulant weighs one gram or more; or\n  4. lysergic acid diethylamide and the lysergic acid diethylamide\nweighs one milligram or more; or\n  5. a hallucinogen and the hallucinogen weighs twenty-five milligrams\nor more; or\n  6. a hallucinogenic substance and the hallucinogenic substance weighs\none gram or more; or\n  7. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances\ncontaining methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of isomers and\nthe preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate\nweight of one-eighth ounce or more; or\n  8. phencyclidine and the phencyclidine weighs two hundred fifty\nmilligrams or more; or\n  9. a narcotic preparation to a person less than twenty-one years old.\n  Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree is a class\nB felony.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title M. Offenses Against Public Health and Morals","Article 220. Controlled Substances Offenses"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/220.39","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"905d64dcb399846a0b4a8c2e4b6243713318b04494efb4d26b473c23f97c39e6","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-220.34","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-220.41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}