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    So on halloween my cousin who is 15 asked me to buy her alcohol. I am 18 so I had my older brother buy it and i brought it to my cousin. I didnt know who it was going to, but it ends up that one of her friends passed out and told her parents I bought it for them. Now they want to press charges. ANY LOOPHOLES? Also my cousin says she mixed it with alcohol from her own home and was on her way to smoke a blunt when she passed out. PLEASE HELP. if theres no way out whats the worst case scenario. fines? community serive? JAIL?!?! PS I live in New York

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    If you think there are a bunch of "loopholes" that can magically get you out of criminal charges, you've been watching too much television.

    Have you been charged yet? If so, under what statute?
    Quote Quoting New York Penal Code, § 260.20 Unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree.
    A person is guilty of unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree when:

    1. He knowingly permits a child less than eighteen years old to enter or remain in or upon a place, premises or establishment where sexual activity as defined by article one hundred thirty, two hundred thirty or two hundred sixty-three of this chapter or activity involving controlled substances as defined by article two hundred twenty of this chapter or involving marihuana as defined by article two hundred twenty-one of this chapter is maintained or conducted, and he knows or has reason to know that such activity is being maintained or conducted; or

    2. He gives or sells or causes to be given or sold any alcoholic beverage, as defined by section three of the alcoholic beverage control law, to a person less than twenty-one years old; except that this subdivision does not apply to the parent or guardian of such a person or to a person who gives or causes to be given any such alcoholic beverage to a person under the age of twenty-one years, who is a student in a curriculum licensed or registered by the state education department, where the tasting or imbibing of alcoholic beverages is required in courses that are part of the required curriculum, provided such alcoholic beverages are given only for instructional purposes during classes conducted pursuant to such curriculum.

    It is no defense to a prosecution pursuant to subdivision two of this section that the child acted as the agent or representative of another person or that the defendant dealt with the child as such.

    Unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.

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