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2010 New York Code
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title M - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS
Article 220 - (220.00 - 220.77) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES OFFENSES
220.03 - Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree.

* § 220.03 Criminal  possession of a controlled substance in the seventh
               degree.
    A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in
  the  seventh  degree  when  he  knowingly  and  unlawfully  possesses  a
  controlled substance.
    Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree is
  a class A misdemeanor.
    * NB Effective until October 28, 2010
  * § 220.03 Criminal  possession of a controlled substance in the seventh
               degree.
    A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in
  the seventh degree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully  possesses  a
  controlled  substance;  provided,  however,  that  it  shall  not  be  a
  violation of this section when a person possesses a residual amount of a
  controlled substance and that residual amount is in or on  a  hypodermic
  syringe  or hypodermic needle obtained and possessed pursuant to section
  thirty-three hundred eighty-one of the public health law.
    Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree is
  a class A misdemeanor.
    * NB Effective October 28, 2010

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