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People v. Soler

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 29, 2007
45 A.D.3d 499 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 2192 2193 5713/01.

November 29, 2007.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles H. Solomon, J.), entered on or about July 28, 2005, which denied defendant's motion to be resentenced under the 2005 Drug Law Reform Act (L 2005, ch 643), unanimously affirmed.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (David J. Klem of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Dana Poole of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Saxe, Friedman, Williams and Buckley, JJ.


The court properly exercised its discretion in determining that substantial justice dictated a denial of resentencing. Defendant was a leader of a large-scale drug operation with numerous felony convictions, along with repeated violations of probation and parole. On virtually every occasion when he was released from custody, he was rearrested on new charges, and he also had several infractions while in prison ( see e.g. People v Salcedo, 40 AD3d 356, lv dismissed 9 NY3d 850; People v Gonzalez, 29 AD3d 400, lv denied 7 NY3d 867).

Defendant's argument that he was denied a "meaningful" hearing is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review the issue, we would find that defendant was brought before the court and given an opportunity to be heard, which is all that the statute requires ( see L 2005, ch 643, § 1; People v Figueroa, 21 AD3d 337, 339, lv denied 6 NY3d 753). Moreover, at the time of the hearing, the defense had already made written submissions in support of resentencing.

In view of the foregoing, we find it unnecessary to decide any other issues.


Summaries of

People v. Soler

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 29, 2007
45 A.D.3d 499 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

People v. Soler

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. IVAN SOLER, Appellant

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

Date published: Nov 29, 2007

Citations

45 A.D.3d 499 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 9509
846 N.Y.S.2d 59

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