People v. Brown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment of resentence, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered September 30, 2005, resentencing defendant, upon his conviction, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, as a second felony offender, to a term of 12 years, unanimously affirmed.
At resentencing, defendant was properly adjudicated a second felony offender since he was convicted in New Jersey of crimes that are equivalent to New York felonies. Defendant claims, for the first time on appeal, that the court relied on improper documents in making that determination.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. SammsNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004