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2014 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title M - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS
Article 220 - (220.00 - 220.78) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES OFFENSES
220.16 - Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

NY Penal L § 220.16 (2014) What's This?
220.16 Criminal  possession  of  a  controlled  substance in the third

         degree.

A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in
  the third degree when he knowingly and unlawfully possesses:

1. a narcotic drug with intent to sell it; or

2. a stimulant, hallucinogen, hallucinogenic  substance,  or  lysergic
  acid  diethylamide,  with intent to sell it and has previously been con-
  victed of an offense defined  in  article  two  hundred  twenty  or  the
  attempt or conspiracy to commit any such offense; or

3.    a stimulant with intent to sell it and said stimulant weighs one
  gram or more; or

4.   lysergic acid diethylamide  with  intent  to  sell  it  and  said
  lysergic acid diethylamide weighs one milligram or more; or

5.  a hallucinogen with intent to sell it and said hallucinogen weighs
  twenty-five milligrams or more; or

6.    a  hallucinogenic  substance  with  intent  to  sell it and said
  hallucinogenic substance weighs one gram or more; or

7.  one  or  more  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or  substances
  containing  methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of isomers with
  intent  to  sell  it  and  said  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or
  substances are of an aggregate weight of one-eighth ounce or more; or

8.  a stimulant and said stimulant weighs five grams or more; or

9.    lysergic  acid  diethylamide and said lysergic acid diethylamide
  weighs five milligrams or more; or

10.    a  hallucinogen  and  said  hallucinogen  weighs  one   hundred
  twenty-five milligrams or more; or

11.    a  hallucinogenic  substance  and said hallucinogenic substance
  weighs five grams or more; or

12. 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 one-half ounce or more; or

13.    phencyclidine  and  said  phencyclidine weighs one thousand two
  hundred fifty milligrams or more.

Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree is a
  class B felony.

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