CPL § 380.60

Authority for the execution of sentence

§ 380.60 Authority for the execution of sentence.

Except where a sentence of death is pronounced, a sentence and commitment or certificate of conviction showing the sentence pronounced by the court, or a certified copy thereof, constitutes the authority for execution of the sentence and serves as the order of commitment, and no other warrant, order of commitment or authority is necessary to justify or to require execution of the sentence.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/380.60

In plain English

Except for a death sentence, the sentence and commitment, or a certificate of conviction showing the sentence (or a certified copy), is the authority to execute the sentence and serves as the order of commitment — no other warrant or order is needed. ★

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.