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Ind. Code § 35-50-2-1

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Applied in 35 court decisions — leading case Cunningham v. California (2007)

Most recently applied in Steven R. Ott v. State of Indiana (October 2013)

As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.8

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Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "Level 6 felony conviction" means:

(1) a conviction in Indiana for:

(A) a Class D felony, for a crime committed before July 1, 2014; or

(B) a Level 6 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014; and

(2) a conviction, in any other jurisdiction at any time, with respect to which the convicted person might have been imprisoned for more than one (1) year but less than two and one-half (2 1/2) years.

However, the term does not include a conviction with respect to which the person has been pardoned, or a conviction of a Class A misdemeanor entered under IC 35-38-1-1.5 or section 7(c) or 7(d) of this chapter.

(b) As used in this chapter, "felony conviction" means a conviction, at any time, with respect to which the convicted person might have been imprisoned for more than one (1) year. However, it does not include a conviction with respect to which the person has been pardoned, or a conviction of a Class A misdemeanor under section 7(c) of this chapter.

(c) As used in this chapter, "minimum sentence" means:

(1) for murder, forty-five (45) years;

(2) for a Class A felony, for a crime committed before July 1, 2014, twenty (20) years;

(3) for a Class B felony, for a crime committed before July 1, 2014, six (6) years;

(4) for a Class C felony, for a crime committed before July 1, 2014, two (2) years;

(5) for a Class D felony, for a crime committed before July 1, 2014, one-half (1/2) year;

(6) for a Level 1 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, twenty (20) years;

(7) for a Level 2 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, ten (10) years;

(8) for a Level 3 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, three (3) years;

(9) for a Level 4 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, two (2) years;

(10) for a Level 5 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, one (1) year; and

(11) for a Level 6 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, one-half (1/2) year.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.