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N.Y. CPL Law § 715.50

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Analysis of dangerous drugs

Official statutory text

§ 715.50 Analysis of dangerous drugs.\n 1. On and after September first, nineteen hundred seventy-three, in\nevery felony case involving the possession or sale of a dangerous drug,\nthe head of the agency charged with custody of such drugs, or his\ndesignee, shall within forty-five days after receipt thereof perform or\ncause to be performed an analysis of such drugs, such analysis to\ninclude qualitative identification; weight and quantity where\nappropriate.\n 2. Within ten days after the report of such analysis is received by\nsuch agency, the head thereof or his designee shall forward a copy\nthereof to the appropriate district attorney and inform him of the\nlocation where the subject drugs are being held.\n 3. The failure to have an analysis made or to forward a copy thereof\nwithin the time specified in subdivisions one and two of this section\nshall not be deemed or construed to bar the making or granting of a\nmotion pursuant to this article or to the prosecution of a case\ninvolving such drugs.\n

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