People v. Perez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*922The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant’s motion for resentencing pursuant to the Drug Law Reform Act of 2005 (L 2005, ch 643; hereinafter the 2005 DLRA) on substantial justice grounds. The defendant has a prior criminal history dating back to 1987, which includes two drug-related felonies. Moreover, the 2005 DLRA expressly permits the court to consider the institutional record of confinement of the person seeking resentencing (see Drug Law Reform Act, L 2005, ch 643, § 1; People v Flores, 50 AD3d 1156 [2008]; People v Vega, 40 AD3d 1020, 1020-1021…
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