Articles Posted in Controlled Substances

Operating as a major trafficker – NY’s “Kingpin” statute (Penal Law Section 220.77) A few years ago, the New York Assembly enacted into law a tough new statute designed to increase the penalties for major narcotics traffickers or managers of drug trafficking organizations. Penal Law 220.77, oftentimes referred to as New York’s “kingpin statute,” makes…

In response to a surge in seizures of methamphetamine laboratories in New York state, in 2007 the Assembly passed tough new laws outlawing the operation of facilities used to produce illegal “chemical” drugs like methamphetamine and its variants. Thus, anyone aspiring to be like Walter White on Breaking Bad faces significant penalties for their criminal…

Blog – Sentencing of Federal Drug Offenders: By Laura Monagle. The 21 United States Code (‘USC’) Controlled Substances Act is the piece of legislation that sets out the United States Federal drug offences. This is an incredibly lengthy and complex Act, which can result in very harsh penalties, set out separately in the United States…

Federal Oxycodone Defense Lawyer discusses recent Bronx ring arrest February 5, 2014: Federal agents and NYPD arrest dozens of members of purported illegal Oxycodone trafficking ring involving Astramed clinics. We have previously written about state-level prosecutions of illegal oxycodone and oxycontin trafficking, and have represented many individuals charged in investigations into this crime. But today,…

Craigslist crimes defense attorney explains common NYC arrests Recently we have noticed an uptick in the number of arrests made by NYPD following investigations of advertisements on the popular website Craigslist (and to a lesser extent: the website Backpage). Though these websites can facilitate an almost limitless variety of crimes, the ones most commonly associated…

The most serious drug-related felonies in New York state law are Operating as a Major Trafficker (Penal Law Section 220.77, the “Kingpin” Statute), Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree (Penal Law Section 220.21) and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree (Penal Law Section 220.43). As Class-A1 felonies,…