People v Martinez
2008 NY Slip Op 04745 [51 AD3d 569]
May 27, 2008
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, July 16, 2008


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Cesar Martinez, Appellant.

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

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Lucy Jane Lang of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eduardo Padro, J.), entered on or about September 29, 2006, which denied defendant's motion to be resentenced under the Drug Law Reform Act of 2004, unanimously affirmed.

The court, which expressly stated that defendant was eligible to be considered for resentencing, properly recognized the degree of discretion it possessed (compare People v Arana, 32 AD3d 305 [2006]) and providently exercised it. Defendant was a major participant in a large-scale narcotics ring, as established by evidence adduced at his trial, and there is no basis for disturbing the court's determination that, in view of the seriousness of defendant's crimes, resentencing was not warranted (see e.g. People v Vasquez, 41 AD3d 111 [2007], lv dismissed 9 NY3d 870 [2007]). Concur—Andrias, J.P., Saxe, Sweeny, Moskowitz and DeGrasse, JJ.