People v. Denton

OPINION OF THE COURT

Abraham Gerges, J.

These cases present the issue of whether the ameliorative portions of the recently enacted changes to the Rockefeller drug laws (Drug Reform Act [DRA] are to be retroactively applied to the defendants who have not been sentenced prior to the effective date of the new statute. The People, in a memorandum of law, request that the court renege on the sentence promises made to the respective defendants. The prosecution alleges that the recent sentence reductions made by DRA to the so-called Rockefeller drug laws do not apply retroactively to these defendants…