People v Perez
2007 NY Slip Op 07525 [44 AD3d 418]
October 11, 2007
Appellate Division, First Department
As corrected through Wednesday, December 12, 2007


The People of the State of New York,Respondent,
v
Modesto Perez, Appellant.

[*1]Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Dana Poole of counsel), forrespondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Brenda Soloff, J.), entered on or about March 10,2006, which denied the defendant's motion for resentencing under the 2005 Drug Law ReformAct, unanimously affirmed. Appeal from order, same court and Justice, entered on or about April27, 2006, which denied defendant's motion for reargument, unanimously dismissed.

The court correctly denied defendant's motion on the ground that he was less than three yearsfrom his parole eligibility date when he filed the motion, and we decline defendant's invitation torevisit our holding to that effect in People v Bautista (26 AD3d 230 [2006], appeal dismissed7 NY3d 838 [2006]). Since defendant was clearly ineligible, as a matter of law, for resentencing,there was no reason for the court to assign counsel or conduct a hearing. Concur—Tom,J.P., Mazzarelli, Friedman, Sullivan and Nardelli, JJ.


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