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People v. Watts

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 13, 2009
58 A.D.3d 648 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)

Opinion

No. 2006-00673.

January 13, 2009.

Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (DiMango, J.), dated November 21, 2005, as denied that branch of his motion which was, in effect, to be resentenced as a class A-II felony offender pursuant to the Drug Law Reform Act of 2004 (L 2004, ch 738).

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Joyce Slevin, and Maria Park of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Skelos, J.P., Dillon, McCarthy and Eng, JJ.


Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from.

The Supreme Court correctly denied that branch of the defendant's motion which was, in effect, to be resentenced as a class A-II felony offender pursuant to the Drug Law Reform Act of 2004 (L 2004, ch 738; hereinafter the 2004 DLRA). Contrary to the defendant's contention, the 2004 DLRA does not permit the court to disturb the underlying class A-I felony conviction ( see People v Quinones, 22 AD3d 218, 219).

[ See 10 Misc 3d 1052(A), 2005 NY Slip Op 51923(U).]


Summaries of

People v. Watts

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 13, 2009
58 A.D.3d 648 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
Case details for

People v. Watts

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HERBERT WATTS…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jan 13, 2009

Citations

58 A.D.3d 648 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 235
869 N.Y.S.2d 909

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