Legal Opinion
People v. Mazzie
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 25, 1974PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurton B. Roberts, J.
Defendant, Rocco Mazzie, in a presentence memorandum, has challenged the constitutionality of section 70.06 of the Penal Law, the second-felony offender provision recently enacted in conjunction with the increased penalty structure for narcotics offenses, commonly known as the “ Rockefeller Law ” (L. 1973, chs. 276, 277). Section 70.06 provides for mandatory minimum State prison, sentences for any one convicted of a felony in New York who, within 10 years of the present offense, has been convicted “ in this state of a felony, or in any other jurisdiction of an offense for which a sentence to…
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