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People v. MiddletonPeople v. Middleton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Dec 20, 2011
Versions:90 A.D.3d 951
934 N.Y.2d 814

At the time of the defendant‘s motion for resentencing, the 2009 Drug Law Reform Act, codified in CPL 440.46, provided that “[a]ny person in the custody of the department of correctional services convicted of a class B felony offense defined in article two hundred twenty of the penal law which was committed prior to [January 13, 2005], who is serving an indeterminate sentence with a maximum term of more than three years, may . . . apply to be resentenced” (CPL former 440.46 [1]). However, the resentencing provisions of CPL 440.46 do not apply “to any person who is serving a sentence on a conviction for or has a predicate felony conviction for an exclusion offense” (CPL 440.46 [5]). CPL 440.46 (5) (a) defines an “exclusion offense” as “a crime for which the person was previously convicted within the preceding ten years, excluding any time during which the offender was incarcerated for any reason between the time of commission of the previous felony and the time of commission of the present felony, which was: (i) a violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law; or (ii) any other offense for which a merit time allowance is not available pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section eight hundred three of the correction law.” The 10-year “look-back” period of CPL 440.46 (5) (a) is properly measured from the date of the defendant‘s resentencing motion (see People

Case Details

Case Name: People v. Middleton
Court Name: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Date Published: Dec 20, 2011
Citations: 90 A.D.3d 951; 934 N.Y.2d 814
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. App. Div.
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