Opinion
07-28-2016
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. David SHUMATE, Appellant.
Kelly Egan, Rensselaer, for appellant. Robert M. Carney, District Attorney, Schenectady (Peter H. Willis of counsel), for respondent.
Kelly Egan, Rensselaer, for appellant.
Robert M. Carney, District Attorney, Schenectady (Peter H. Willis of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from an order of the County Court of Schenectady County (Drago, J.), entered June 27, 2012, which denied defendant's application for resentencing pursuant to CPL 440.46.
In 1994, defendant was convicted of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and was sentenced as a persistent felony offender to 15 years to life in prison (see People v. Shumate, 227 A.D.2d 719, 720, 642 N.Y.S.2d 336 [1996], lv. denied 88 N.Y.2d 994, 649 N.Y.S.2d 401, 672 N.E.2d 627 [1996] ). In 2011, he applied for resentencing pursuant to CPL 440.46. County Court denied his application, finding that he was ineligible for resentencing under the statute due to his status as a persistent felony offender. He now appeals.
We must reverse County Court's order in view of the Court of Appeals' decision in People v. Coleman, 24 N.Y.3d 114, 996 N.Y.S.2d 571, 21 N.E.3d 200 (2014). In that case, the Court held that a defendant's status as a persistent felony offender does not preclude a court from considering such individual for resentencing pursuant to CPL 440.46 (id. at 116–117, 996 N.Y.S.2d 571, 21 N.E.3d 200 ). Notably, the People have acknowledged this decision, do not oppose defendant's application and consent to a resentencing hearing. The matter is, accordingly, remitted to County Court for further proceedings.
ORDERED that the order is reversed, on the law, and matter remitted to the County Court of Schenectady County for further proceedings not inconsistent with this Court's decision.
PETERS, P.J., GARRY, EGAN JR., DEVINE and AARONS, JJ., concur.