Legal Opinion

People v. Merejildo

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

Decided November 20, 2007PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J.), entered February 3, 2006, which denied defendant’s motion *430to be resentenced pursuant to the Drug Law Reform Act (DLRA) of 2005, unanimously affirmed.

One of the eligibility criteria for a defendant seeking resentencing on a class A-II felony conviction under the 2005 DLRA (L 2005, ch 643, § 1) is that he or she must meet the merit time eligibility requirements of Correction Law § 803 (1) (d). Correction Law § 803 (1) (d) (ii) provides that merit time is not available to any person serving an indeterminate sentence for, among other…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. CurleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. QuinonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  2. People v. GrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
  3. People v. MartinezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

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