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2014 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title M - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS
Article 221 - (221.00 - 221.55) OFFENSES INVOLVING MARIHUANA
221.10 - Criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree.

NY Penal L § 221.10 (2014) What's This?
221.10 Criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree.

A  person  is  guilty of criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth
  degree when he knowingly and unlawfully possesses:

1. marihuana in a public place, as defined in section 240.00  of  this
  chapter, and such marihuana is burning or open to public view; or

2.  one  or  more  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or  substances
  containing  marihuana  and  the  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or
  substances are of an aggregate weight of more than twenty-five grams.

Criminal  possession  of  marihuana  in  the fifth degree is a class B
  misdemeanor.

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