Authorized dispositions; certain criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree offenders · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 60.11-a Authorized dispositions; certain criminal possession of a
weapon in the third degree offenders.
When a person is to be sentenced upon conviction of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in subdivision ten of section 265.02 of this chapter, the court must sentence such defendant to a determinate sentence as provided in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision three of section 70.02 of this chapter, unless a greater minimum sentence is otherwise required by another provision of this chapter.
For third-degree weapon possession under § 265.02(10), the court must impose the determinate sentence required by § 70.02(3)(c)(ii), unless another provision requires a greater minimum. ★
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.