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8 Feb 2014, 2:17 pm
After committing class B felonies involving narcotics, DLP, JEP and JAP were sentenced to indeterminate prison terms under the Rockefeller Drug Laws. [read post]
11 Apr 2009, 10:47 am
NY criminal defense attorney's know that prosecutors and judges take drug crimes very seriously even if the legislature recently relaxed the Rockefeller drug laws relating to narcotics. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 5:46 am
Although the Rockefeller Drug Laws have certainly eased over the years, New York Criminal defense attorneys and their clients must have a working knowledge as to the law involving legal presumptions and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 1:02 pm
Issued October 2010 New York State fully implemented changes to its drug laws on October 7, 2009. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 9:49 am
In this two-part series, we will discuss the various reactions to the Columbia students' petitions for drug diversion. 2009 drug sentencing overhaul in New York tested by privileged defendants For decades, New York's "Rockefeller laws" were some of the most draconian drug laws in the country, pushed into law by then-governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1973 to fight drugs' "reign of… [read post]
8 Aug 2009, 3:08 am
The disparity between possessing and selling marijuana and controlled substances such as cocaine, crack and heroin is enormous even though the NYS legislature recently eased the Rockefeller Drug Laws. [read post]
17 Aug 2009, 5:03 am
Criminal conviction records can be sealed (including expunged, erased, or purged).In 2009, a law was passed as part of Rockefeller Drug Law Reform to provide conditional sealing of first-time drug offenses for defendants who complete a diversion program and up to three drug related misdemeanor convictions. [read post]
12 Mar 2008, 10:09 am
I hope he puts repeal of the draconian Rockefeller drug laws at the top of his agenda. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 7:24 am
"New York State's lower house, the Assembly, voted yesterday to ease further the state's strict Rockefeller drug laws, reports the Albany Times Union. [read post]
4 Nov 2018, 4:00 am
The Rockefeller Drug laws were enacted in 1973. [read post]
10 Apr 2009, 10:32 am
NOTE: Provisions regarding Rockefeller drug reform are included as Part AAA of Chapter 56A. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 6:47 am
The New York Times yesterday had this long piece, headlined "Legislation to Overhaul Rockefeller Drug Laws Moves Ahead Swiftly," which discusses the history of New York's mandatory drug sentencing laws, as well as current reform efforts. [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 3:53 pm
Drug, controlled substance and narcotics crimes in New York may not be punished to the same magnitude as the Rockefeller Drug Laws of the past, but any New York Penal Law Article 220 crime in New York City or in a suburban New York State county still carries a significant punishment. [read post]
7 Apr 2009, 10:12 pm
Last week, New York finally made some tweaks to the draconian Rockefeller drug laws, providing ridiculously harsh sentences for small as well as large drug offenses that filled prisons beyond capacity but did little to stem drug sale and use.While falling far short of the "death" of the Rockefeller laws, it was a significant improvement, at least for the lower level offenses, and for the first time took treatment… [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 5:07 am
The old Rockefeller drug laws in NY have drastically changed. [read post]
15 Oct 2009, 3:50 pm
Here are the basics: Queens Republicans and their Assembly colleagues signaled last week that they will make a major issue of the repealed Rockefeller drug laws in next year's legislative elections. [read post]
4 Nov 2020, 2:53 am
From the Rockefeller Drug Laws to the federal Sentencing Guidelines, there was one true belief as to the “plague” of drugs, that if the first couple decades of prison weren’t enough to win the war, one more decade of prison would certainly do the trick. [read post]
10 Apr 2009, 1:10 am
The Center for Community Strategies sent out a blast-email yesterday both announcing the changes to the Rockefeller drug laws and providing a great chart to show the impact of the changes. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 9:54 am
Unfortunately, the Commission's report represents a historic missed opportunity to advance meaningful reform of New York's antiquated "Rockefeller-era Drug Laws".... [read post]
12 Oct 2009, 3:31 pm
Here are excerpts: Last Wednesday, changes to New York's notorious Rockefeller drug laws went into effect, allowing judges to shorten the prison terms of some nonviolent offenders. [read post]
