Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Fabricio Vergara, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-10-31
Citations: 33 A.D.3d 563
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Fabricio Vergara, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 563–564

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Fabricio Vergara, Appellant.
[824 NYS2d 18]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John G. Ingram, J.), rendered April 29, 2004, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him to a term of 2 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.
The amelioration doctrine does not apply where, as here, a defendant was sentenced before the effective date of the Drug Law Reform Act (L 2004, ch 738) (People v Utsey, 7 NY3d 398 [2006]). Concur—Tom, J.E, Andrias, Marlow, McGuire and Malone, JJ.