People v Garcia |
2016 NY Slip Op 08881 [145 AD3d 1032] |
December 28, 2016 |
Appellate Division, Second Department |
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Jose Garcia, Appellant. |
Lisa H. Blitman, New York, NY, for appellant.
David M. Hoovler, District Attorney, Middletown, NY (Andrew R. Kass of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from an order of the County Court, Orange County
(Freehill, J.), dated September 30, 2013, which, after a hearing, upon remittitur from this
Court, specified and informed him that the court would impose determinate terms of
imprisonment of 17
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the County Court, Orange County, for further proceedings in accordance herewith.
The defendant was charged under two separate indictments with various drug
offenses relating to a joint investigation by state and federal authorities into gang-related
narcotics trafficking in the City of Newburgh. Under Orange County indictment No.
04-536, the defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a
controlled substance in the first degree (a class A-I felony), and sentenced to an
indeterminate term of 17
[*2] In March 2010, the defendant moved for resentencing pursuant to the Drug Law Reform Act of 2004 (L 2004, ch 738), the Drug Law Reform Act of 2005 (L 2005, ch 643), and the Drug Law Reform Act of 2009 (CPL 440.46) (hereinafter collectively the DLRA). The County Court resentenced the defendant, pronouncing resentences for each count of both indictments, but without complying with the procedures specified in the DLRA, requiring the entry of initial orders specifying the proposed resentences. Consequently, this Court reversed the resentences and remitted the matter to the County Court for the entry of the initial DLRA orders specifying proposed resentences and informing the defendant that, unless he withdrew his motion or appealed from the initial DLRA orders, the County Court would enter orders vacating the sentences originally imposed and impose the proposed resentences (see People v Garcia, 107 AD3d 738 [2013]).
By order dated September 30, 2013, the County Court specified and informed the
defendant that "it is the Court's sentencing position that the defendant, upon resentence,
should receive a determinate term of 17
Accordingly, the order must be reversed, and we again remit the matter to the County Court, Orange County, for the entry of initial DLRA orders for each indictment, specifying the proposed resentences for each count of each indictment and informing the defendant that, unless he withdraws his motion or appeals from the initial DLRA orders, the County Court will enter orders vacating the sentences originally imposed and imposing the proposed resentences (see People v Struss, 79 AD3d 773 [2010]).
The defendant's remaining contention need not be reached in light of our determination. Balkin, J.P., Dickerson, LaSalle and Connolly, JJ., concur.