Definitions and rules of construction

§ 700. Definitions and rules of construction. 1. As used in this\narticle the following terms have the following meanings:\n (a) "Eligible offender" shall mean a person who has been convicted of\na crime or of an offense, but who has not been convicted more than once\nof a felony.\n (b) "Felony" means a conviction of a felony in this state, or of an\noffense in any other jurisdiction for which a sentence to a term of\nimprisonment in excess of one year, or a sentence of death, was\nauthorized.\n (c) "Revocable sentence" means a suspended sentence or a sentence upon\nwhich execution was suspended pursuant to the penal law in effect prior\nto September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven; or a sentence of\nprobation or of conditional discharge imposed pursuant to the penal law\nin effect after September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven.\n 2. For the purposes of this article the following rules of\nconstruction shall apply:\n (a) Two or more convictions of felonies charged in separate counts of\none indictment or information shall be deemed to be one conviction;\n (b) Two or more convictions of felonies charged in two or more\nindictments or informations, filed in the same court prior to entry of\njudgment under any of them, shall be deemed to be one conviction; and\n (c) A plea or a verdict of gulity upon which sentence or the execution\nof sentence has been suspended or upon which a sentence of probation,\nconditional discharge, or unconditional discharge has been imposed shall\nbe deemed to be a conviction.\n