People v. Paniagua
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
Defendant was convicted in October 2002 of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree (a class A-I felony) and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree (a class A-II felony), inter alia. He was sentenced on these two counts to concurrent indeterminate terms of 15 years to life *100(Penal Law § 70.00 [2] [a]; [3] [a] [i]) and three years to life (§ 70.00 [2] [a]; [3] [a] [ii]), respectively, which were the minimum sentences allowed by law.
In 2004, the Legislature, in the Drug Law Reform Act (2004 DLRA), authorized new sentencing…
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