New York · New York Penal Law (PEN)

N.Y. Penal Law § 60.08: Authorized dispositions; resentencing of certain controlled substance offenders

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute establishes a procedure allowing persons convicted of certain controlled substance offenses involving methadone to petition for resentencing in the original court, with credit for prior incarceration.

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