46-18-502. Sentencing of persistent felony offender. (1) Except as provided in 46-18-219 and subsection (2) of this section, a persistent felony offender shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not less than 5 years or more than 100 years or shall be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both, if the offender was 21 years of age or older at the time of the commission of the present offense.
     (2) Except as provided in 46-18-219, an offender shall be imprisoned in a state prison for a term of not less than 10 years or more than 100 years or shall be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both, if:
     (a) the offender was a persistent felony offender, as defined in 46-18-501, at the time of the offender's previous felony conviction;
     (b) less than 5 years have elapsed between the commission of the present offense and:
     (i) the previous felony conviction; or
     (ii) the offender's release on parole, from prison, or from other commitment imposed as a result of the previous felony conviction; and
     (c) the offender was 21 years of age or older at the time of the commission of the present offense.
     (3) Except as provided in 46-18-222, the imposition or execution of the first 5 years of a sentence imposed under subsection (1) of this section or the first 10 years of a sentence imposed under subsection (2) of this section may not be deferred or suspended.
     (4) Any sentence imposed under subsection (2) must run consecutively to any other sentence imposed.

     History: En. 95-1507 by Sec. 5, Ch. 513, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 184, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 584, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 95-1507(2), (3); amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 198, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 327, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 482, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 52, L. 1999.