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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A person is guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree when he knowingly and unlawfully sells:
1. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing a narcotic drug and the preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of two ounces or more; or
2. methadone and the methadone weighs two thousand eight hundred eighty milligrams or more.
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree is a class A-I felony.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Penal Law - PEN § 220.43 Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-220-43/
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