{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "60.01", "citation": "Penal Law § 60.01", "heading": "Authorized dispositions; generally", "text": ["§ 60.01 Authorized dispositions; generally.", "1. Applicability. Except as otherwise specified in this article, when the court imposes sentence upon a person convicted of an offense, the court must impose a sentence prescribed by this section.", "2. Revocable dispositions.", "(a) The court may impose a revocable sentence as herein specified:", "(i) the court, where authorized by article sixty-five, may sentence a person to a period of probation or to a period of conditional discharge as provided in that article; or", "(ii) the court, where authorized by article eighty-five, may sentence a person to a term of intermittent imprisonment as provided in that article.", "(b) A revocable sentence shall be deemed a tentative one to the extent that it may be altered or revoked in accordance with the provisions of the article under which it was imposed, but for all other purposes shall be deemed to be a final judgment of conviction.", "(c) In any case where the court imposes a sentence of probation, conditional discharge, or a sentence of intermittent imprisonment, it may also impose a fine authorized by article eighty.", "(d) In any case where the court imposes a sentence of imprisonment not in excess of sixty days, for a misdemeanor or not in excess of six months for a felony or in the case of a sentence of intermittent imprisonment not in excess of four months, it may also impose a sentence of probation or conditional discharge provided that the term of probation or conditional discharge together with the term of imprisonment shall not exceed the term of probation or conditional discharge authorized by article sixty-five of this chapter. The sentence of imprisonment shall be a condition of and run concurrently with the sentence of probation or conditional discharge.", "3. Other dispositions. When a person is not sentenced as specified in subdivision two, or when a sentence specified in subdivision two is revoked, the sentence of the court must be as follows:", "(a) A term of imprisonment; or", "(b) A fine authorized by article eighty, provided, however, that when the conviction is of a class B felony or of any felony defined in article two hundred twenty, the sentence shall not consist solely of a fine; or", "(c) Both imprisonment and a fine; or", "(d) Where authorized by section 65.20, unconditional discharge as provided in that section; or", "(e) Following revocation of a sentence of conditional discharge imposed pursuant to section 65.05 of this chapter or paragraph (d) of subdivision two of this section, probation as provided in section 65.00 of this chapter or to the sentence of imprisonment and probation as provided for in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of this section.", "4. In any case where a person has been sentenced to a period of probation imposed pursuant to section 65.00 of this chapter, if the part of the sentence that provides for probation is revoked, the court must sentence such person to imprisonment or to the sentence of imprisonment and probation as provided for in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of this section."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/60.01", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "Courts sentence convicted people under these general rules.\n- **(1)** Unless article 60 says otherwise, the court **must impose a sentence prescribed by this section**.\n- **(2)(a)–(b)** Revocable sentences are **probation or conditional discharge** (where article 65 authorizes) and **intermittent imprisonment** (where article 85 authorizes). They are tentative only to the extent the governing article allows change or revocation; **for all other purposes they are a final judgment of conviction**.\n- **(2)(c)** With probation, conditional discharge or intermittent imprisonment, the court **may also impose an article 80 fine**.\n- **(2)(d)** The court may combine probation or conditional discharge with imprisonment of **no more than 60 days for a misdemeanor, 6 months for a felony, or 4 months of intermittent imprisonment**. The imprisonment is a condition of, and **runs concurrently with**, the probation or discharge, and the combined terms cannot exceed the probation or discharge term article 65 authorizes. ★\n- **(3)** If no subdivision 2 sentence is imposed, or one is revoked, the court **must impose**: **(a)** imprisonment; **(b)** an article 80 fine, but a **class B felony or any article 220 felony cannot receive a fine alone** ★; **(c)** both; **(d)** unconditional discharge where § 65.20 authorizes; or **(e)** after revocation of a conditional discharge imposed under § 65.05 or paragraph (2)(d), probation under § 65.00 or the paragraph (2)(d) imprisonment-plus-probation sentence.\n- **(4)** If the probation part of a § 65.00 probation sentence is revoked, the court **must impose imprisonment or the paragraph (2)(d) imprisonment-plus-probation sentence**.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/60.01", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}