People v. Taylor

The Supreme Court erred in denying the defendant’s motion to be resentenced pursuant to CPL 440.46 on the ground that his status as a reincarcerated parole violator made him ineligible for relief under the 2009 Drug Law Reform Act, since “prisoners who have been paroled, and then reincarcerated for violating their parole, are not for that reason barred from seeking relief under the statute” (People v Paulin, 17 NY3d 238, 242 [2011]; see People v Vidal, 87 AD3d 1085 [2011]; People v Santiago, 87 AD3d 1077 [2011]; People v Howard, 85 AD3d 1202 [2011]).

Furthermore, the Supreme Court erred in…