§ 220.77 Operating as a major trafficker.\n A person is guilty of operating as a major trafficker when:\n 1. Such person acts as a director of a controlled substance\norganization during any period of twelve months or less, during which\nperiod such controlled substance organization sells one or more\ncontrolled substances, and the proceeds collected or due from such sale\nor sales have a total aggregate value of seventy-five thousand dollars\nor more; or\n 2. As a profiteer, such person knowingly and unlawfully sells, on one\nor more occasions within six months or less, a narcotic drug, and the\nproceeds collected or due from such sale or sales have a total aggregate\nvalue of seventy-five thousand dollars or more.\n 3. As a profiteer, such person knowingly and unlawfully possesses, on\none or more occasions within six months or less, a narcotic drug with\nintent to sell the same, and such narcotic drugs have a total aggregate\nvalue of seventy-five thousand dollars or more.\n Operating as a major trafficker is a class A-I felony.\n
N.Y. Penal Law § 220.77
Operating as a major trafficker
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case People v. Rodriguez (2014)
Most recently applied in People v. Santos (February 2025)
2014-09-22
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