Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 220.71 Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material
in the first degree.
A person is guilty of criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the first degree when he or she commits the offense of criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the second degree, as defined in section 220.70 of this article, and has previously been convicted within the preceding five years of criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the second degree, as defined in section 220.70 of this article, or a violation of this section.
Criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material in the first degree is a class E felony.
A person commits first-degree possession of methamphetamine-manufacturing material by committing the second-degree offense under § 220.70 after a conviction within the preceding 5 years for that offense or this one. ★ The offense is a class E felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.