Legal Opinion
People v. Dozier
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 2, 1991PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hancock, Jr., J.
Section 70.04 of the Penal Law provides that second violent felony offenders must receive enhanced sentences.1 In order for a prior violent felony to be effective as a predicate for enhanced sentencing under section 70.04, the sentence on the *244prior felony must have been imposed no more than 10 years before commission of the felony on which the defendant is being sentenced (§ 70.04 [1] [b] [iv]). For the purpose of determining whether this 10-year limitation has been exceeded, the statute provides for exclusion of any period of time that the defendant was…
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