PEOPLE v. RIVERS


43 A.D.3d 1247 (2007)

842 N.Y.S.2d 611

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RONALD RIVERS, Appellant.

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

Decided September 27, 2007.


Carpinello, J.

In 1989, defendant was convicted after a jury trial of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree and was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by this Court on appeal (169 A.D.2d 883 [1991], lv denied 77 N.Y.2d 999 [1991]). In April 2005, he made an application to be resentenced under the Drug Law Reform Act of 2004 (L 2004, ch 738 [hereinafter...

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