Court Opinion

ID: 5779998
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 17:48:39.351616+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:41:57.323822
License: Public Domain

Appeal by the defendant from a resentence of the County Court, Westchester County (Zambelli, J.), imposed August 14, 2008, pursuant to the *790Drug Law Reform Act of 2004 (L 2004, ch 738), imposed after a hearing, the resentence being a determinate term of imprisonment of 15 years and a period of postrelease supervision of five years, upon his conviction of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, upon a jury verdict.
Ordered that the resentence is affirmed.
A determinate term of imprisonment of 15 years and a period of postrelease supervision of five years is not excessive under the circumstances of this case (see People v Gonzalez, 53 AD3d 507 [2008]). Prudenti, P.J., Fisher, Covello, Leventhal and Austin, JJ., concur.
Motion by the respondent to dismiss an appeal from a resentence of the County Court, Westchester County, imposed August 14, 2008, pursuant to the Drug Law Reform Act of 2004 (L 2004, ch 738). By decision and order on motion of this Court dated December 12, 2008, the motion was held in abeyance and referred to the Justices hearing the appeal for determination upon the argument or submission thereof.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion, and upon the submission of the appeal, it is
Ordered that the motion is denied. Prudenti, PJ., Fisher, Covello, Leventhal and Austin, JJ., concur.