Case Title: The People v. Salih Sevencan

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State: new-york

Court: New York Appellate Court

Date: 2009-05-07T00:00:00Z

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This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before
publication in the New York Reports.
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The People &c.,
            Respondent,
        v.
Salih Sevencan,
            Appellant.
SMITH, J.:
The application for a certificate granting leave to
appeal should be dismissed.
The 2004 Drug Law Reform Act, chapter 738 of the Laws
of 2004, states that: “[a]n appeal in accordance with the
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Sevencan CLA
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applicable provisions of the criminal procedure law may ... be
taken as of right by the defendant from an order specifying and
informing such person of the term of the determinate sentence the
court would impose upon resentencing” (L 2004, ch 738, § 23). 
Defendant here seeks leave to appeal an Appellate Division
affirmance of such an order.  In People v Bautista, (7 NY3d 838
[2006]) this Court held that similar language in the 2005 Drug
Law Reform Act did not permit an appeal to this Court from an
Appellate Division order affirming a denial of resentencing,
because the act did not make such an order appealable under
Criminal Procedure Law § 450.90 or 470.60, which govern appeals
to this Court.  The reasoning of Bautista applies with equal
force to the language at issue in this case.
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Application pursuant to CPL 460.20 for a certificate granting
leave to appeal dismissed by Judge Smith in a memorandum. 
Publication authorized by the Court.
Decided May 7, 2009