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People v. Rizo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 6, 2008
51 A.D.3d 436 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 3575.

May 6, 2008.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), entered April 5, 2007, which denied defendant's application for resentencing pursuant to the Drug Law Reform Act (L 2004, ch 738), unanimously affirmed.

Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (David Crow of counsel), and Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman LLP, New York (Lili Zandpour of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Mary C. Farrington of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Lippman, P.J., Saxe, Buckley and Acosta, JJ.


The court properly exercised its discretion in determining that substantial justice dictated denial of the application. The magnitude of defendant's involvement in international drug trafficking outweighed his favorable prison record ( see People v Salcedo, 40 AD3d 356, lv denied 9 NY3d 850; see also People v Arana, 45 AD3d 311, lv dismissed 9 NY3d 1031). The court relied primarily on facts that were undisputed or established at defendant's trial, and other reliable information, and we see no reason for a remand for further proceedings. We have considered and rejected defendant's remaining claims.


Summaries of

People v. Rizo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 6, 2008
51 A.D.3d 436 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

People v. Rizo

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HERNANDO RIZO…

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

Date published: May 6, 2008

Citations

51 A.D.3d 436 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 4188
857 N.Y.S.2d 537

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