People v Rivera
2012 NY Slip Op 01137 [92 AD3d 523]
February 14, 2012
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, March 28, 2012


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Eduardo Rivera, Appellant.

[*1] Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (David Crow of counsel), for appellant.

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Nancy D. Killian of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Seth L. Marvin, J.), entered on or about May 4, 2010, which denied defendant's CPL 440.46 motion for resentencing, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in determining that substantial justice dictated denial of the motion (see e.g. People v Gonzalez, 29 AD3d 400 [2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 867 [2006]). Defendant had an extensive criminal history and a poor prison disciplinary record, and these factors outweighed any mitigating factors. In particular, defendant had an opportunity to have the underlying drug conviction reduced to a misdemeanor by completing a drug treatment program; instead, he absconded from the program and committed a robbery. Concur—Tom, J.P., Andrias, Catterson, Richter and Abdus-Salaam, JJ. [Prior Case History: 27 Misc 3d 1217(A), 2010 NY Slip Op 50788(U).]