People v. Perez

Despite the defendant’s nearly spotless disciplinary record while incarcerated, and his commendable academic achievements, a more lenient resentence than the one proposed by the Supreme Court is not warranted under the circumstances of this case. The Drug Law Reform Act of 2004 (see L 2004, ch 738), which, inter alia, replaced the indeterminate sentencing system of the Rockefeller Drug Laws with a determinate system, and the subsequent Drug Law Reform Acts of 2005 and 2009 (see L 2005, ch 643; L 2009, ch 56, respectively), which, among other things, expanded opportunities for persons…