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N.Y. Penal Law § 220.43 — Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 220: Controlled Substances Offenses, New York Penal Law.
Full text of N.Y. Penal Law § 220.43
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
220.43 Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree.
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.
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