Legal Opinion
People v. Utsey
New York Court of Appeals
Decided September 21, 2006PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
In these three appeals, we are asked to determine whether the Legislature intended to give retroactive effect to the ameliorative sentencing provisions of the Drug Law Reform Act of 2004. We conclude that it did not.
Among its many provisions, the Drug Law Reform Act (DLRA) (L 2004, ch 738) replaced the indeterminate sentencing scheme of the Rockefeller Drug Laws with a determinate system, and reduced mandatory minimum prison sentences for nonviolent felony drug offenders. Defendants, each convicted of a drug felony, seek to benefit from these reductions.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. OliverNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- People v. BehlogNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- People v. WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Deutsch v. CatherwoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- People v. FestoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
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