| Defines a second homicide offender as a person who stands convicted of any offense defined under S125.27 (Murder in the first degree) or S125.25 (Murder in the second degree) or S125.20 (Manslaughter in the first degree) or S125.15 (Manslaughter in the second degree) of the penal law after having previously been subject to a predicate homicide conviction of any one of the foregoing three offenses; subjects a second homicide offender to an indeterminate sentence with a consecutive minimum term fixed by the court of 30 to 50 years for murder 1 or 2, and of 15 to 30 years for manslaughter 1, and of 10 to 20 years for manslaughter 2 with a maximum term of life imprisonment in all such cases; establishes procedure for determining whether a defendant is a second homicide offender, and whether defendant should be sentenced as a second homicide offender; result is a significant increase in the penalties for second homicide offenders, as so defined. |
