New York Penal Code § 70.30

Calculation of terms of imprisonment
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§ 70.30 Calculation of terms of imprisonment.\n  1. * Indeterminate or determinate sentences.\n  * NB Effective until September 1, 2027\n  * Indeterminate sentences.\n  * NB Effective September 1, 2027\n  * An indeterminate or determinate sentence of imprisonment commences\nwhen the prisoner is received in an institution under the jurisdiction\nof the state department of corrections and community supervision. Where\na person is under more than one indeterminate or determinate sentence,\nthe sentences shall be calculated as follows:\n  * NB Effective until September 1, 2027\n  * An indeterminate sentence of imprisonment commences when the\nprisoner is received in an institution under the jurisdiction of the\nstate department of corrections and community supervision. Where a\nperson is under more than one indeterminate sentence, the sentences\nshall be calculated as follows:\n  * NB Effective September 1, 2027\n  * (a) If the sentences run concurrently, the time served under\nimprisonment on any of the sentences shall be credited against the\nminimum periods of all the concurrent indeterminate sentences and\nagainst the terms of all the concurrent determinate sentences. The\nmaximum term or terms of the indeterminate sentences and the term or\nterms of the determinate sentences shall merge in and be satisfied by\ndischarge of the term which has the longest unexpired time to run;\n  * NB Effective until September 1, 2027\n  * (a) If the sentences run concurrently, the time served under\nimprisonment on any of the sentences shall be credited against the\nminimum periods of all the concurrent sentences, and the maximum terms\nmerge in and are satisfied by discharge of the term which has the\nlongest unexpired time to run;\n  * NB Effective September 1, 2027\n  * (b) If the defendant is serving two or more indeterminate sentences\nwhich run consecutively, the minimum periods of imprisonment are added\nto arrive at an aggregate minimum period of imprisonment equal to the\nsum of all the minimum periods, and the maximum terms are added to\narrive at an aggregate maximum term equal to the sum of all the maximum\nterms, provided, however, that both the aggregate maximum term and the\naggregate minimum period of imprisonment shall be subject to the\nlimitations set forth in paragraphs (e) and (f) of this subdivision,\nwhere applicable;\n  * NB Effective until September 1, 2027\n  * (b) If the sentences run consecutively, the minimum periods of\nimprisonment are added to arrive at an aggregate minimum period of\nimprisonment equal to the sum of all the minimum periods, and the\nmaximum terms are added to arrive at an aggregate maximum term equal to\nthe sum of all the maximum terms, provided, however, that both the\naggregate maximum term and the aggregate minimum period of imprisonment\nshall be subject to the limitations set forth in paragraphs (c) and (d)\nof this subdivision, where applicable;\n  * NB Effective September 1, 2027\n  * (c) If the defendant is serving two or more determinate sentences of\nimprisonment which run consecutively, the terms of the determinate\nsentences are added to arrive at an aggregate maximum term of\nimprisonment, provided, however, that the aggregate maximum term of\nimprisonment shall be subject to the limitations set forth in paragraphs\n(e) and (f) of this subdivision, where applicable.\n  * NB Effective until September 1, 2027\n  * (c) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) or (iii) of this\nparagraph, the aggregate maximum term of consecutive sentences imposed\nfor two or more crimes, other than two or more crimes that include a\nclass A felony, committed prior to the time the person was imprisoned\nunder any of such sentences shall, if it exceeds twenty years, be deemed\nto be twenty years, unless one of the sentences was imposed for a class\nB felony, in which case the aggregate maximum term shall, if it exceeds\nthirty years, be deemed to be thirty years. Where the aggregate maximum\nterm o

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