People v. Vidal

• Decision Date: 27 November 2013
• Citation: People v. Vidal, 2013 NY Slip Op 7996, 111 A.D.3d 967, 975 N.Y.S.2d 468 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Luis VIDAL, appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

111 A.D.3d 967

975 N.Y.S.2d 468

2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 07996

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent,

v.Luis VIDAL, appellant.

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

Nov. 27, 2013.

Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (David P. Greenberg of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Thomas M. Ross, and Terrence F. Heller of counsel), for respondent.

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J., THOMAS A. DICKERSON, L. PRISCILLA HALL, and LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County(Ferdinand, J.), dated December 19, 2011, which denied his motion to be resentenced pursuant to CPL 440.46 on his conviction of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, which sentence was originally imposed, upon a jury verdict, on February 22, 1995.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed.

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to be resentenced pursuant to CPL 440.46.The defendant was convicted of 2 felonies prior to the instant conviction, and incurred 16 disciplinary violations, including 8 Tier III infractions, while incarcerated.The defendant was convicted of two new crimes for acts committed while he was on parole for the instant conviction, and he again violated the terms and conditions of his parole after filing his motion to be resentenced.Under these circumstances, substantial justice dictated that his motion be denied ( seePeople v. Golo,109 A.D.3d 623, 970 N.Y.S.2d 604;People...