N.Y. PEN Law § 130.92
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 130.92, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Sentencing
Official statutory text
§ 130.92 Sentencing.\n 1. When a person is convicted of a sexually motivated felony pursuant\nto this article, and the specified felony is a violent felony offense,\nas defined in section 70.02 of this chapter, the sexually motivated\nfelony shall be deemed a violent felony offense.\n 2. When a person is convicted of a sexually motivated felony pursuant\nto this article, the sexually motivated felony shall be deemed to be the\nsame offense level as the specified offense the defendant committed.\n 3. Persons convicted of a sexually motivated felony as defined in\nsection 130.91 of this article, must be sentenced in accordance with the\nprovisions of section 70.80 of this chapter.\n
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