Legal Opinion

People v. Sanders

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

Decided January 30, 2007PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*945Appeal by the defendant from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Gazzillo, J.), dated February 8, 2006, which, after a hearing, denied his application to be resentenced pursuant to section 1 of chapter 643 of the Laws of 2005.

Ordered that the order is affirmed.

The Drug Law Reform Act (L 2004, ch 738; hereinafter the 2004 DLRA) established a new sentencing structure for laws which had been enacted in 1973 and were commonly referred to as the Rockefeller Drug Laws. The 2004 DLRA was effective January 13, 2005, and was to be applied prospectively (L 2004, ch 738, § 41 [d-1]). A…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. AranaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
  2. People v. QuinonesNew York Supreme Court · 2005

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. People v. BeasleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  2. People v. OvertonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. People v. FloresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  4. People v. VegaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  5. People v. WinfieldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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