People v. LaFontaine
New York Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. McLaughlin, J.
Defendant moves under the 2004 Drug Law Reform Act for resentencing on his A-I felony convictions for selling and possessing heroin and cocaine. Under the new statute, resentence shall be granted unless substantial justice dictates otherwise. In this case, the court has determined that substantial justice *435requires that defendant’s resentence application be denied. This opinion supplements this court’s earlier oral decision denying the application.
Background
On May 24, 1989, the court sentenced defendant to 25 years to life on two A-I level drug…
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