Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jerome Ackerman, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-10-24
Citations: 33 A.D.3d 496
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jerome Ackerman, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 496–496

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jerome Ackerman, Appellant.
[822 NYS2d 447]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J., at plea; Bruce Allen, J., at sentence), rendered October 21, 2003, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of six years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The amelioration doctrine does not apply where, as here, a defendant was sentenced before the new law's effective date (People v Utsey, 7 NY3d 398 [2006]). Concur—Buckley, EJ., Tom, Saxe, Sullivan and McGuire, JJ.