New York · New York Penal Law (PEN)
N.Y. Penal Law § 70.08: Sentence of imprisonment for persistent violent felony offender; criteria
What this law says, in plain English
This statute defines a persistent violent felony offender as someone convicted of a violent felony with two or more prior violent felony convictions, and requires courts to impose indeterminate life sentences with specified minimum imprisonment periods.
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