Legal Opinion
The People v. Jarrod Brown
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 14, 2015No. 58PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*249OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether the 2011 amendments to CPL 440.46 expanded the class of defendants eligible for resentencing under the Drug Law Reform Act (DLRA) to include those who are on parole at the time resentencing is sought. We left this question open in People v Paulin (17 NY3d 238, 243 [2011]) and People v Santiago (17 NY3d 246, 247 [2011]), and now hold that the amendments did expand eligibility to parolees, and affirm the Appellate Division order (People v Brown, 115 AD3d 155 [2014]) upholding the resentencing of the paroled…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. FinneganNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. PaulinNew York Court of Appeals · 2011
- People v. SosaNew York Court of Appeals · 2012
- People v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 2012
- People v. SantiagoNew York Court of Appeals · 2011
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Betty L. Kimmel v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2017
- People v. FrancisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- Matter of Matzell v. AnnucciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
- People ex rel. Green v. Superintendent of Sullivan Correctional FacilityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- Matter of Arita v. GoodmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
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