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| Rockefeller reforms free inmate after 19 years |
| By Newsday |
| Published: 01/21/2005 |
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The last time Ivan Wright appeared before New York Supreme Court Justice Lewis Douglass in a Brooklyn courtroom, he was headed to prison on a 25-years-to-life sentence for selling cocaine to an undercover cop. That was in 1987. Thursday, in what was believed to be the first resentencing under the revamped Rockefeller drug laws, Douglass effectively freed Wright, now 69. After 19 years in state prison, Wright looked frail and a bit bewildered as he walked into Douglass' courtroom. He did manage to give his wife, Monalisa Little, and daughter Dolka Fareaux, 30, a big grin and a thumbs-up sign. Convicted in 1985 for selling relatively small amounts of cocaine to the undercover -- none more than 3 ounces -- in a series of transactions, Wright earned the right to be resentenced because of legislation in December that revised some of the onerous provisions of the state drug law enacted in 1973. The Brooklyn district attorney's office supported Wright's bid to get out of prison. Under the new statute, those convicted of an A-1 drug charge, which carried a 25-years-to-life maximum sentence, have the option of asking to be re-sentenced. "I wish Mr. Wright good luck," Douglass said after resentencing Wright to a maximum of 19 years, the time Wright already has served. He has spent most of his imprisonment in Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County. Because the case appears to be the first such resentencing in the state under the new law, there was confusion about the procedure to follow. Douglass twice erroneously started to resentence Wright to 19 years to life before quickly correcting himself. Douglass allowed Wright, who will be freed in a few days, to spend a few minutes in court talking with his wife and daughter. Wright's family thinks he will return to his native Panama. |
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