Sec. 60.02 Authorized disposition; youthful offender.
When a person is to be sentenced upon a youthful offender
finding, the court must impose a sentence as follows:
(1) If the sentence is to be imposed upon a youthful offender
finding which has been substituted for a conviction of an offense
other than a felony, the court must impose a sentence authorized
for the offense for which the youthful offender finding was
substituted, except that if the youthful offender finding was
entered pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section
720.20 of the criminal procedure law, the court must not impose a
definite or intermittent sentence of imprisonment with a term of
more than six months; or
(2) If the sentence is to be imposed upon a youthful offender
finding which has been substituted for a conviction for any
felony, the court must impose a sentence authorized to be imposed
upon a person convicted of a class E felony provided, however,
that the court must not impose a sentence of conditional
discharge or unconditional discharge if the youthful offender
finding was substituted for a conviction of a felony defined in
article two hundred twenty of this chapter.(For verification consult Official Text at Senate Gopher site.)