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CJI2d[NY] Penal Law § 220.16(2)
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN THE THIRD DEGREE (Intent to Sell a Stimulant, Hallucinogen, Hallucinogenic Substance or Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; And Prior Conviction)
The (specify) count is Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree.
Under our law, a person is guilty of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree when that person knowingly and unlawfully possesses
Select the appropriate alternative:
a stimulant
hallucinogen
hallucinogenic substance
lysergic acid diethylamide
with the intent to sell it.¹
The following terms used in that definition have a special meaning:
[The term STIMULANT (or HALLUCINOGEN) (or HALLUCINOGENIC SUBSTANCE) includes (specify) .²]
POSSESS means to have physical possession or otherwise to exercise dominion or control over tangible property.³
A person KNOWINGLY possesses (specify) when that person is aware that he or she is in possession of (specify) .4
A person UNLAWFULLY possesses (specify) when that person has no legal right to possess it.⁵ Under our law, with certain exceptions not applicable here, a person has no legal right to possess (specify) .
SELL means to sell, exchange, give or dispose of to another.⁶
INTENT means conscious objective or purpose. Thus, a person possesses (specify) with intent to sell it when his or her conscious objective or purpose is to sell the (specify) .7
In order for you to find the defendant guilty of this crime, the People are required to prove, from all the evidence in the case, beyond a reasonable doubt, each of the following three elements:
1. That on or about (date) , in the county of (county) , the defendant, (defendant's name) , possessed (specify) ;
2. That the defendant did so knowingly and unlawfully; and
3. That the defendant possessed the (specify) with the intent to sell it.⁸
If you find the People have proven beyond a reasonable doubt each of those elements, you must find the defendant guilty of this crime.
If you find the People have not proven beyond a reasonable doubt any one or more of those elements, you must find the defendant not guilty of this crime.
History
Caption: CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN THE THIRD DEGREE (Intent to Sell a Stimulant, Hallucinogen, Hallucinogenic Substance or Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; And Prior Conviction) Penal Law § 220.16(2) (Committed on or after Sept. 1, 1979). Read from the committee's Word file. Prepared by the New York State Unified Court System Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions, Model Colloquies, and Evidence Rules; published by the Unified Court System at nycourts.gov (the internet edition is the only current and official publication of CJI2d).
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