A person is guilty of criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the first degree when he or she possesses:
1. any select chemical agent, with intent to use such agent to:
- (a) cause serious physical injury to, or the death of, another person; and
(b)
- (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
- (ii) influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion; or
- (iii) affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, or kidnapping.
- 2. any select chemical agent, with intent to use such agent to cause serious physical injury to, or the death of, more than two other persons; or
- 3. any select biological agent, with intent to use such agent to cause serious physical injury to, or the death of, another person. Criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biological weapon in the first degree is a class A-I felony.