PEOPLE v. VAUGHAN


62 A.D.3d 122 (2009)

876 N.Y.S.2d 82

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL VAUGHAN, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided March 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Banks, New York City (Susan Epstein of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Leonard Joblove and Joyce Slevin of counsel; Ross Yaggy on the brief), for respondent.

MASTRO, DILLON and BALKIN, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PRUDENTI, P.J.

The Drug Law Reform Act of 2004 (L 2004, ch 738; hereinafter the 2004 DLRA) contains provisions substituting determinate sentences for the lengthy indeterminate sentences previously required for drug-related offenses (see L 2004, ch 738, §§ 20, 36), and authorizing individuals serving sentences for class A-I felony drug offenses committed prior to the statute...

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