Legal Opinion

People v. Barnett

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 18, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

Peters, PJ.

In 1999, defendant was convicted of two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and conspiracy in the fourth degree and was sentenced to 12V2 to 25 years in prison on each of the drug charges and 2 to 4 years on the conspiracy charge, all to run concurrently. A decade later, defendant moved to be resentenced on the drug charges pursu*1031ant to the Drug Law Reform Act of 2009 (L 2009, ch 56, as codified in CPL 440.46). After a hearing, County Court issued an oral decision from the bench denying the application. Defendant appeals.

The Drug Law Reform…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. ElmerNew York Court of Appeals · 2012
  2. People v. PeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  3. People v. BuckeryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. People v. Walker-LlanosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. People v. CivitelloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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