N.Y. Penal Law § 220.43 : Offenses Against Public Health And Morals — Penal — Controlled Substances Offenses — Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree Date: 10 Jun 2016 TEXT PDF Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237 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. N.Y. Penal Law § 220.43