Opinion
1310 KA 13-00123
01-02-2015
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. LAMAR O. BROWN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (ROBERT L. KEMP OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. FRANK A. SEDITA, III, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BUFFALO (DAVID R. PANEPINTO OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: , PERADOTTO, CARNI, LINDLEY, AND SCONIERS, JJ.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Penny M. Wolfgang, J.), entered December 19, 2012 pursuant to the 2005 Drug Law Reform Act. The order denied the application of defendant for resentencing upon his conviction of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree.
THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (ROBERT L. KEMP OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
FRANK A. SEDITA, III, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BUFFALO (DAVID R. PANEPINTO OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from an order denying his application for resentencing upon his 2004 conviction of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree (Penal Law § 220.18 [former (1)]) pursuant to the 2005 Drug Law Reform Act (L 2005, ch 643, § 1). We conclude that Supreme Court properly denied the application for resentencing because defendant, at the time of his application, was eligible for parole and thus was ineligible for resentencing (see People v Mills, 11 NY3d 527, 534; People v Smith, 45 AD3d 1478, 1479). In any event, we further conclude that the court providently exercised its discretion in determining that substantial justice would have dictated denial of the application had defendant been eligible for resentencing (see People v Dominguez, 88 AD3d 901, 901, lv denied 18 NY3d 882; People v Savinan, 59 AD3d 247, 247, lv dismissed 12 NY3d 787; People v Flores, 50 AD3d 1156, 1156, lv dismissed 10 NY3d 934).
Entered: January 2, 2015
Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court