§ 650 — Warrant for execution of death sentence

§ 650. Warrant for execution of death sentence. 1. When a person is\nsentenced to the punishment of death, the justice or judge who presided\nat the sentencing proceeding, or if that justice or judge is unavailable\nfor any reason, then any justice of the supreme court of the department\nin which the defendant was sentenced, must, within seven days, make out,\nsign and deliver to the sheriff of the county, a warrant directed to the\ncommissioner or to the superintendent of an institution in the\ndepartment designated by the commissioner. Such warrant shall state the\nconviction and sentence, appoint a week on which the sentence shall be\nexecuted, and command the commissioner to execute the sentence within\nthat week. In counties within the city of New York, or in the county of\nWestchester, such warrant shall be made out as aforesaid, signed and\ndelivered to the commissioner of correction of such city or county.\n 2. If the execution of the sentence shall be delayed while the\nconviction or sentence is being appealed, a justice or judge authorized\nto act pursuant to subdivision one of this section, at the conclusion of\nthe state appellate process, if the conviction or sentence is not set\naside, must, within seven days, make out, sign and deliver another\nwarrant as provided in subdivision one of this section. If the execution\nof the sentence on the date appointed is delayed by any other cause, the\njustice or judge shall, as soon as such cause ceases to exist, make out,\nsign and deliver another warrant.\n