{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "80.15", "citation": "Penal Law § 80.15", "heading": "Multiple offenses", "text": ["§ 80.15 Multiple offenses.", "Where a person is convicted of two or more offenses committed through a single act or omission, or through an act or omission which in itself constituted one of the offenses and also was a material element of the other, and the court imposes a sentence of imprisonment or a fine or both for one of the offenses, a fine shall not be imposed for the other. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any offense or offenses set forth in the vehicle and traffic law."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/80.15", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "Where a person is convicted of **two or more offenses from a single act/omission** (or where one offense was a material element of the other), and the court imposes imprisonment or a fine for one of them, **it cannot also impose a fine for the other.** ★ This anti-double-fine rule does **not** apply to Vehicle and Traffic Law offenses.\n\n---\n\n**★ Exam hits:**\n- **Felony fine cap = the higher of $5,000 / double the gain (triple for Art. 496 corruption) / the Art. 220–221 drug schedule ($100k, $50k, $30k, $15k for A-I, A-II, B, C).**\n- **Misdemeanor/violation caps: A-misd $1,000, B-misd $500, unclassified = per its own law, violation $250.**\n- **\"Gain\" = value derived MINUS what was returned to victim or surrendered to authorities before sentencing.**\n- **Corporations (§ 80.10): felony $80,000, A-misd/long-unclassified $40,000, B-misd/short-unclassified $15,000, violation $4,000 — or triple the gain.**\n- **§ 80.15: one act producing multiple offenses = only ONE fine — except V&T Law offenses.**\n- §§ 80.00 and 80.05 do **not** apply to corporations; § 80.10 is the corporate track.\n\n\n---\n*Verbatim statute:* [[Penal Law - Article 80]]", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/80.15", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}