2006 New York Code - Criminal Possession Of A Chemical Weapon Or Biological Weapon In The First Degree.



 
  § 490.45 Criminal  possession  of a chemical weapon or biological weapon
             in the first degree.
    A person is guilty of criminal possession  of  a  chemical  weapon  or
  biological weapon in the first degree when he or she possesses:
    1. any select chemical agent, with intent to use such agent to:
    (a) cause serious physical injury to, or the death of, another person;
  and
    (b) (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
    (ii)  influence  the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or
  coercion; or
    (iii)  affect  the  conduct  of  a  unit  of  government  by   murder,
  assassination, or kidnapping.
    2.  any  select chemical agent, with intent to use such agent to cause
  serious physical injury to,  or  the  death  of,  more  than  two  other
  persons; or
    3. any select biological agent, with intent to use such agent to cause
  serious physical injury to, or the death of, another person.
    Criminal  possession  of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the
  first degree is a class A-I felony.

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