PEOPLE v. OWENS


45 A.D.3d 1050 (2007)

844 N.Y.S.2d 905

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIE OWENS, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided November 15, 2007.


In 2000, defendant pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree—a class A-II felony—and was sentenced to eight years to life in prison. He subsequently applied for resentencing pursuant to the Drug Law Reform Act of 2005 (L 2005, ch 643 [eff Oct. 29, 2005]). Finding defendant to be ineligible for resentencing, County Court denied his application. Defendant appeals and we affirm.

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