(a) As used in this chapter, "Level 6 felony conviction" means:

1. (1) a conviction in Indiana for:

   1. (A) a Class D felony, for a crime committed before July 1, 2014; or
   2. (B) a Level 6 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014; and

2. (2) a conviction, in any other jurisdiction at any time, with respect to which the convicted person might have been imprisoned for more than one (1) year but less than two and one-half (2 1/2) years.

   However, the term does not include a conviction with respect to which the person has been pardoned, or a conviction of a Class A misdemeanor entered under IC 35-38-1-1.5 or section 7(c) or 7(d) of this chapter.

(c) As used in this chapter, "minimum sentence" means:

1. (1) for murder, forty-five (45) years;
2. (2) for a Class A felony, for a crime committed before July 1, 2014, twenty (20) years;
3. (3) for a Class B felony, for a crime committed before July 1, 2014, six (6) years;
4. (4) for a Class C felony, for a crime committed before July 1, 2014, two (2) years;
5. (5) for a Class D felony, for a crime committed before July 1, 2014, one-half (1/2) year;
6. (6) for a Level 1 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, twenty (20) years;
7. (7) for a Level 2 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, ten (10) years;
8. (8) for a Level 3 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, three (3) years;
9. (9) for a Level 4 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, two (2) years;
10. (10) for a Level 5 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, one (1) year; and

11. (11) for a Level 6 felony, for a crime committed after June 30, 2014, one-half (1/2) year.

    As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.8. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.114; P.L.334-1983, SEC.1; P.L.98-1988, SEC.8; P.L.243-2001, SEC.2 and P.L.291-2001, SEC.225; P.L.69-2012, SEC.5; P.L.158-2013, SEC.652; P.L.20-2018, SEC.1; P.L.142-2020, SEC.84.