NYSentencing

CPL § 400.16   Procedure  for determining whether defendant is a persistent
                   violent felony offender.
    1.   Applicability.   The  provisions  of  this  section  govern the
procedure that must be followed in any case  where  it  appears  that  a
defendant who stands convicted of a violent felony offense as defined in
subdivision one of section 70.02 of the penal law  has  previously  been
subjected to two or more predicate violent felony convictions as defined
in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of  section  70.04,  and  may  be  a
persistent  violent  felony  offender as defined in section 70.08 of the
penal law.
    2.   Statement;  preliminary examination; hearing; subsequent use of
predicate violent felony conviction finding.  The requirements set forth
in  subdivisions two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight of section
400.15  with  respect  to  the  statement  to  be   filed,   preliminary
examination,  hearing  and  subsequent use of a predicate violent felony
conviction finding in the case of  a  second  violent  felony  offender,
shall  also  apply  to  a  determination of whether a defendant has been
subjected to two or more violent predicate felony convictions and  is  a
persistent violent felony offender.