§ 70.25 Concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment.\n 1. Except as provided in subdivisions two, two-a and five of this\nsection, when multiple sentences of imprisonment are imposed on a person\nat the same time, or when a person who is subject to any undischarged\nterm of imprisonment imposed at a previous time by a court of this state\nis sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment, the sentence or\nsentences imposed by the court shall run either concurrently or\nconsecutively with respect to each other and the undischarged term or\nterms in such manner as the court directs at the time of sentence. If\nthe court does not specify the manner in which a sentence imposed by it\nis to run, the sentence shall run as follows:\n * (a) An indeterminate or determinate sentence shall run concurrently\nwith all other terms; and\n * NB Effective until September 1, 2027\n * (a) An indeterminate sentence shall run concurrently with all other\nterms; and\n * NB Effective September 1, 2027\n (b) A definite sentence shall run concurrently with any sentence\nimposed at the same time and shall be consecutive to any other term.\n 2. When more than one sentence of imprisonment is imposed on a person\nfor two or more offenses committed through a single act or omission, or\nthrough an act or omission which in itself constituted one of the\noffenses and also was a material element of the other, the sentences,\nexcept if one or more of such sentences is for a violation of section\n270.20 of this chapter, must run concurrently.\n * 2-a. When an indeterminate or determinate sentence of imprisonment\nis imposed pursuant to section 70.04, 70.06, 70.07, 70.08, 70.10,\nsubdivision three or four of section 70.70, subdivision three or four of\nsection 70.71 or subdivision five of section 70.80 of this article, or\nis imposed for a class A-I felony pursuant to section 70.00 of this\narticle, and such person is subject to an undischarged indeterminate or\ndeterminate sentence of imprisonment imposed prior to the date on which\nthe present crime was committed, the court must impose a sentence to run\nconsecutively with respect to such undischarged sentence.\n * NB Effective until September 1, 2027\n * 2-a. When an indeterminate or determinate sentence of imprisonment\nis imposed pursuant to section 70.04, 70.06, 70.07, 70.08, 70.10,\nsubdivision three or four of section 70.70, subdivision three or four of\nsection 70.71 or subdivision five of section 70.80 of this article, or\nis imposed for a class A-I felony pursuant to section 70.00 of this\narticle, and such person is subject to an undischarged indeterminate\nsentence of imprisonment imposed prior to the date on which the present\ncrime was committed, the court must impose a sentence to run\nconsecutively with respect to such undischarged sentence.\n * NB Effective September 1, 2027\n * 2-b. When a person is convicted of a violent felony offense\ncommitted after arraignment and while released on recognizance or bail,\nbut committed prior to the imposition of sentence on a pending felony\ncharge, and if an indeterminate or determinate sentence of imprisonment\nis imposed in each case, such sentences shall run consecutively.\nProvided, however, that the court may, in the interest of justice, order\na sentence to run concurrently in a situation where consecutive\nsentences are required by this subdivision if it finds either mitigating\ncircumstances that bear directly upon the manner in which the crime was\ncommitted or, where the defendant was not the sole participant in the\ncrime, the defendant's participation was relatively minor although not\nso minor as to constitute a defense to the prosecution. The defendant\nand the district attorney shall have an opportunity to present relevant\ninformation to assist the court in making this determination and the\ncourt may, in its discretion, conduct a hearing with respect to any\nissue bearing upon such determination. If the court determines t
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