Authorized disposition; adolescent offender · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 60.10-a Authorized disposition; adolescent offender.
When an adolescent offender is convicted of an offense, the court shall sentence the defendant to any sentence authorized to be imposed on a person who committed such offense at age eighteen or older. When a sentence is imposed, the court shall consider the age of the defendant in exercising its discretion at sentencing.
When sentencing an adolescent offender, the court may impose any sentence authorized for a person who committed the offense at age 18 or older, but must consider the defendant’s age when exercising sentencing discretion. ★
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.
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.