People v. Shumate

141 A.D.3d 1042, 35 N.Y.S.3d 661

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: July 28, 2016
• Docket: 107256
• Status: Published

Opinion

Appeal from an order of the County Court of Schenectady County (Drago, J.), entered June 27, 2012, which denied defendant’s application for resentencing pursuant to CPL 440.46.

In 1994, defendant was convicted of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and was sentenced as a persistent felony offender to 15 years to life in prison (see People v Shumate, 227 AD2d 719, 720 [1996], lv denied 88 NY2d 994 [1996]). In 2011, he applied for resentencing pursuant to CPL 440.46. County Court denied his application, finding that he was ineligible for resentencing under the statute due to his status as a persistent felony offender. He now appeals.

We must reverse County Court’s order in view of the Court of Appeals’ decision in People v Coleman (24 NY3d 114 [2014]). In that case, the Court held that a defendant’s status as a persistent felony offender does not preclude a court from considering such individual for resentencing pursuant to CPL 440.46 (id. at 116-117). Notably, the People have acknowledged this decision, do not oppose defendant’s application and consent to a resentencing hearing. The matter is, accordingly, remitted to County Court for further proceedings.

Peters, P.J., Garry, Egan Jr., Devine and Aarons, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, and matter remitted to the County Court of Schenectady County for further proceedings not inconsistent with this Court’s decision.