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People v. Baez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 10, 2010
74 A.D.3d 541 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)

Opinion

No. 3024.

June 10, 2010.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Thomas A. Farber, J.), rendered October 10, 2008, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted rape in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of nine years, with 10 years' post-release supervision, unanimously affirmed.

Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Jane Levitt of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Vincent Rivellese of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Andrias, Catterson, Moskowitz and Acosta, JJ.


Defendant challenges the term of postrelease supervision (PRS) on the ground that the crime "may" have been committed before the effective date of the legislation (Penal Law § 70.45 [2-a]) that increased the periods of PRS authorized for certain sex crimes. This is the type of unlawful-sentence claim that requires preservation because it involves a factual dispute ( see People v Samms, 95 NY2d 52, 56-58), and we decline to review this unpreserved claim in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we find that the indictment and plea allocution establish that the crime was completed after the statutory change. Accordingly, there was no ex post facto violation.

We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.


Summaries of

People v. Baez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 10, 2010
74 A.D.3d 541 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
Case details for

People v. Baez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JUAN CARLOS BAEZ…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jun 10, 2010

Citations

74 A.D.3d 541 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 4933
902 N.Y.S.2d 344