BROOME COUNTY COURT
COUNTY
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COURT
HAWLEY
BINGHAMTON,
CHAM8E~S
ST~EET
NEW
YO~K
13901
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JOSEPH
F. CIoWLEY,
JR.
JUOGE
March 16,20'10
Karen Steph~, Deputy Chief Clerk
BroomeSupreme& County Court Clerk's Office
BroomeCoun(yCourthouse
Binghamton,
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13901
Re: Peoplev. KareemR. Young. Ind. 2003.0549
DearKaren
Enclos~ for filing pleasefind a Decisionand Order denying defendant)s application for
re-sentencing~der CPL §440..46.
V erytruly yours,
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JOSEPH
F. CA~E(
BroomeCounty Court Judge
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'10annR. Pany, Chief AssistantDistrict Attorney
fJayL. Wilber, BroomeCountyPublic Defender
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY COURT: : BROOME COUNTY
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THE PEOPLEOF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
DECISION AND ORDER
IndictmentNo. 2003-0549
vsKAREEM
R. '\10UNG,
Defendant.
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1.
On or aqoutDecember28, 2009,defendarit movedpro se for re-sentencingpursuantto
CPL §440.46.The Court thereafterassignedthe Broome CountyPublic Defender to represent
defendantin this matter. A Notice of Motion was filed by Public DefenderJay Wilber, Esq. on
or aboutFebruafY2,2010. The Peoplehaverespondedin opposition.
The Co'ft hasreviewedthe submissionsof the parties,the Court's file, and the relevant
statute.
Defen~t's
criminal history includesa prior conviction for Burglary in the Second
Degree,for whi~h a sentenceof five to ten yearshad beenimposedon April I?, 1998. He was
releasedto Paro.esupervisionon that conviction on May 20,2003. On September , 2004:
defendantwas cpnvictedof Criminal Possessionof a Controlled Substancein the Third Degree,a
ClassB felony.
~
Criminal Saleof a Controlled Substancein the Third Degree,a ClassB
felony. He was $entencedasa SecondFelony Offenderto concurrenttenns of six to twelve years
for crimesco~tted on or aboutAugust29,2003
CriminaljProcedureLaw §440.46(1),effective October7,2009, provides in pertinentpart
that anyperso~in the custodyof the Departmentof CorrectionalServices,convictedof a ClassB
dmg felony o¥ensecommittedprior to January13,2005and who is serving an indeterntinate
sentencewith + maximumtenIl of more than threeyears,may, exceptasprovided in Subdivision
Five, apply to be fe-sentencedto ad~ate
the
court
which
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imposed
the
sentenceupon notice to the District Attorney, in
sentence.
Subdivision5 ofCPL §440.46providesthat the foregoingprovisions shall not apply to
anypersonwho is servinga sentenceon a convictionfor, or has a predicatefelony conviction for
an exclusionoffense. For purposesof this subdivision,an "exclusion offense" is: (a) a crime for
which the personwaspreviouslyconvictedwithin the precedingten years,excluding any time
during which the offenderwas incarceratedfor anyreasonbetweenthe time of commissionof the
previousfelon~ andthe time of commissionof the presentfelony, which was (i) a violent felony
offenseasdefmedin PenalLaw§10.oZ. Penallaw §70.02includesBurglary in tbeSecond
Degreeas a ClassC violent felony offense.
Defendantwasconvictedof Burglary in the Second.Degreeon April 7,1998. Although
this prior violent felony offensedid not occur within the precedingten yearsby calendar(April
17, 1998being ~pproximatelyelevenyearsandeight monthsfrom December28, 2009,the date
of defendant'sapplicationforre-sentencing),CPL §440.46r~uires exclusion of any time
periodsduring thich defendantwas incarceratedbetweenthe commissionof the preViousfelony
and the commis~ionof the presentfelony The Court recordsindicate that defendantwas charged
underIndictmerltNo. 96-0452with crimescommittedon February14, 1996and February21,
1996.He was c~nvictedof Burglary in the SecondDegreeand was sentencedon April 7, 1998
tQa ~of
:fiv~to tenyears.He wasreleasedto Paroleon May 20, 2003. He was,therefore,
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incarceratedf~ra period of time of approximatelyfive yearsandone month. The presentcrime
W3Scommi~ on or aboutAugust 29, 2003 Excluding the aforesaid period of defendant's
incarceration tomth~ eleven year and eight month time period between the prior violent felony
conviction an4 his present re-sentencing application, leaves a time period of approximately
I
six
yearsand seven months. Therefore,defendant'sprior violent felony conviction falls within the
precedingten years,making him ineligible for Te-sentencing.
Inasmuchasdefendantis not eligible for fe-sentencingunderCPL 440.46(5)(a)(i),his
motion is deni~.
rhis cOOstitutes
the DecisionandOrderof the Court,
Defendantis advisedof his right to appealfrom this Court's detenninationto the
AppellateDivi$ion, Third Department(4ws of2004, Ch. 738,§23) The appealmust be filed
witbin thirty (30) days of service of this Decision and Order. Upon proof of fmancial inability to
r~
counseltt>
pay
the
costs
and
expenses
of
the
appeal,
defendant
may
apply
to
the
Appellate
i
Division for the assignmentof counselandfor leaveto prosecutethe appealas a poor person.(22
NYCRR 82
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It is so Ordered.
DATED:
I
¥arch 16, 2010
.inghamton, New York
TheC~
notesthatdefendant
waslikely in custodyfor morethanthetime period
indicated,howeter, thoserecordsarenot readily availableand areunnecessaryfor the purposes
of this determin_tion.
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APPEARANC~S
GERALD F. MOLLEN, BroomeCountyDistrict Attorney
By: JoannRoseParry, Chief AssistantDistrict Attorney
GeorgeHarveyJusticeBuilding
45 Hawley Street
Binghamton,NY 13901
JAY L. WILBER, BroomeCountyPublic Defender
GeorgeHarveyJusticeBuilding
45 Hawley Street
Binghamton,NY 13901
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