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490.47 - Criminal Use of a Chemical Weapon or Biological Weapon in the Third Degree.

NY Penal L § 490.47 (2019) (N/A)
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A person is guilty of criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree when, under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, he or she uses, deploys, releases, or causes to be used, deployed, or released any select chemical agent or select biological agent, and thereby creates a grave risk of death or serious physical injury to another person not a participant in the crime.

Criminal use of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the third degree is a class B felony.

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