N.Y. Penal Law Section 220.06
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree

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

1.

a controlled substance with intent to sell it; or

2.

one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing a narcotic preparation and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of one-half ounce or more; or

3.

phencyclidine and said phencyclidine weighs fifty milligrams or more; or

5.

cocaine and said cocaine weighs five hundred milligrams or more.

6.

ketamine and said ketamine weighs more than one thousand milligrams; or

7.

ketamine and has previously been convicted of possession or the attempt to commit possession of ketamine in any amount; or

8.

one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing gamma hydroxybutyric acid, as defined in paragraph four of subdivision (e) of schedule I of Public Health Law § 3306 (Schedules of controlled substances)section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law, and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of twenty-eight grams or more. Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree is a class D felony.

Source: Section 220.06 — Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/220.­06 (updated Apr. 2, 2021; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

220.00
Controlled substances 220.03
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree 220.06
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree 220.09
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree 220.16
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree 220.18
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree 220.21
Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree 220.25
Criminal possession of a controlled substance 220.28
Use of a child to commit a controlled substance offense 220.31
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth degree 220.34
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth degree 220.39
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree 220.41
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree 220.43
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree 220.44
Criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds 220.46
Criminal injection of a narcotic drug 220.48
Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child 220.50
Criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree 220.55
Criminally using drug paraphernalia in the first degree 220.60
Criminal possession of precursors of controlled substances 220.65
Criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance or of a controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist 220.70
Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the second degree 220.71
Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the first degree 220.72
Criminal possession of precursors of methamphetamine 220.73
Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the third degree 220.74
Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the second degree 220.75
Unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine in the first degree 220.76
Unlawful disposal of methamphetamine laboratory material 220.77
Operating as a major trafficker 220.78
Witness or victim of drug or alcohol overdose
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Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Apr. 2, 2021

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