Penal Law § 60.10

Authorized disposition; juvenile offender · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 60.10 Authorized disposition; juvenile offender.

1. When a juvenile offender is convicted of a crime, the court shall sentence the defendant to imprisonment in accordance with section 70.05 or sentence him upon a youthful offender finding in accordance with section 60.02 of this chapter.

2. Subdivision one of this section shall apply when sentencing a juvenile offender notwithstanding the provisions of any other law that deals with the authorized sentence for persons who are not juvenile offenders. Provided, however, that the limitation prescribed by this section shall not be deemed or construed to bar use of a conviction of a juvenile offender, other than a juvenile offender who has been adjudicated a youthful offender pursuant to section 720.20 of the criminal procedure law, as a previous or predicate felony offender under section 70.04, 70.06, 70.08 or 70.10, when sentencing a person who commits a felony after he has reached the age of sixteen.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/60.10

In plain English

(1) A juvenile offender must receive imprisonment under § 70.05 or a youthful-offender sentence under § 60.02.
(2) This rule overrides other sentencing laws for nonjuvenile offenders. A juvenile-offender conviction not replaced by a youthful-offender adjudication may later count as a prior or predicate felony under the named sections when the person commits a felony after age 16. ★

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 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.