Authorized dispositions; criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 60.11 Authorized dispositions; criminal possession of a weapon in the
fourth degree.
When a person is to be sentenced upon a conviction of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree as defined in subdivision one of section 265.01 as a result of a plea of guilty entered in satisfaction of an indictment or count thereof charging the defendant with the class D violent felony offense of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in subdivision four of section 265.02, the court must sentence the defendant in accordance with the provisions of section 70.15.
When fourth-degree weapon possession under § 265.01(1) results from a guilty plea satisfying an indictment or count charging third-degree weapon possession under § 265.02(4), the court must sentence under § 70.15. ★
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.