People v Montoya

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People v Montoya 2007 NY Slip Op 09505 [45 AD3d 496] November 29, 2007 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Jaime Montoya, Appellant.

—[*1] Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York City (Lorraine Maddalo of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Mark Dwyer of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), entered on or about June 26, 2006, which denied defendant's motion to be sentenced pursuant to the Drug Law Reform Act of 2005, unanimously affirmed.

The court's determination was an appropriate exercise of discretion. The record shows defendant was a high-level participant in an international narcotics distribution ring, who personally dealt with large amounts of drugs and money, and was apprehended in possession of 50 kilograms of cocaine. Given these facts, the court properly concluded that "substantial justice" dictated denial of resentencing (see e.g. People v Salcedo, 40 AD3d 356 [2007], lv dismissed 9 NY3d 850 [2007]; People v Gonzalez, 29 AD3d 400 [2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 867 [2006]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Saxe, Friedman, Williams and Buckley, JJ.

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