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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE M
Offenses Against Public Health and Morals
ARTICLE 220
Controlled Substances Offenses
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Criminal possession of a controlled substance; presumption
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SECTION 220.21
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE M, ARTICLE 220
§ 220.21 Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first

degree.

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

1. 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 eight ounces or more; or

2. methadone and said methadone weighs five thousand seven hundred
sixty milligrams or more.

Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree is a
class A-I felony.