Legal Opinion
People v. Vasquez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 5, 2007PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles H. Solomon, J.), entered on or about September 8, 2006, which denied defendant’s motion to be resentenced pursuant to the Drug Law Reform Act, unanimously affirmed.
Section 23 of the Drug Law Reform Act (L 2004, ch 738) provides, in pertinent part, that the court should grant a resentencing application “unless substantial justice dictates that the application should be denied.” The court, which expressly stated that defendant was eligible to be considered for resentencing, properly recognized the degree of discretion it possessed (compare e.g.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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