criminal possession


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Noun1.criminal possession - (law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances
possession, ownership - the act of having and controlling property
illegal possession - possession of controlled substances
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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Bradley is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with residential mortgage fraud in the first degree, grand larceny in the second degree, and two counts of forgery in the second degree and criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree.
He is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and two counts of criminal use of drug paraphernalia and the criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Cotton, 54, from Tonawanda, was charged with endangering the welfare of an elderly person and criminal possession of a weapon.
He was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of marijuana, as was Jeantony Saintmelus, 22, the other driver.
Separately, in 2016, Nelson pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a forged instrument, a falsified workers' compensation certificate of insurance.
Pendergraph was convicted in November 2006 of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Pre-trial investigation into the criminal possession of a weapon was launched.
All are charged with criminal possession of a weapon and conspiracy.
On Tuesday, Pettus was charged with second-degree attempted grand larceny, six counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, 12 counts of first-degree falsifying business records, third-degree attempted grand larceny eight counts of second-degree falsifying business records and making a punishable false written statement.
Yufen Wang, of Flushing, Queens, was arraigned Monday on charges of attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon, prosecutors said.
(Apparently, the US citizen husband was very forgiving, as the couple had seven children together and remain married for 47 years, until the US citizen died in 1999.) Eventually, this person was convicted of criminal possession of drugs, and was placed in deportation/removal proceedings.
She was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, menacing a police officer, and menacing her boyfriend and faces up to up to three-and-a-half years behind bars on the menacing a police officer charge.

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