Opinion
2012-05-15
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Ronald ASHTON, appellant.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Ellen Fried of counsel), for appellant. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Caroline R. Donhauser, and Terrence F. Heller of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Ellen Fried of counsel), for appellant. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Caroline R. Donhauser, and Terrence F. Heller of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Guzman, J.), entered June 21, 2010, which denied his motion to be resentenced pursuant to CPL 440.46 on his conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, which sentence was originally imposed, upon his plea of guilty, on September 9, 2004.
ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 440.46.
The defendant correctly contends that, contrary to the determination of the Supreme Court, his status as a reincarcerated parole violator did not render him ineligible to apply for resentencing pursuant to the Drug Law Reform Act of 2009, codified in CPL 440.46 ( see People v. Paulin, 17 N.Y.3d 238, 241–242, 929 N.Y.S.2d 36, 952 N.E.2d 1028; People v. Cobb, 90 A.D.3d 779, 934 N.Y.S.2d 349; People v. Vidal, 87 A.D.3d 1085, 929 N.Y.S.2d 752; People v. Santiago, 87 A.D.3d 1077, 929 N.Y.S.2d 761; People v. Howard, 85 A.D.3d 1202, 1202–1203, 926 N.Y.S.2d 296). Accordingly, the order appealed from must be reversed, and the matter remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 440.46.