People v. Quinones

Judgment of resentence, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered April 29, 2005, resentencing defendant, upon his conviction after a jury trial of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, as a second felony offender, to a term of 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

At the time of defendant’s trial, the weight requirement for first-degree drug possession was four ounces. Under pertinent sections of the Drug Law Reform Act (L 2004, ch 738, §§ 21-22), the applicable weight requirement for first-degree possession has been raised to eight ounces, and…