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People v. Velez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 14, 2010
79 A.D.3d 542 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)

Opinion

No. 3892.

December 14, 2010.

Judgment of resentence, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Efrain L. Alvarado, J)., rendered June 18, 2009, resentencing defendant to a term of nine years, with five years' postrelease supervision, unanimously reversed, on the law, the resentence vacated, and the original sentence without postrelease supervision reinstated.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Mark W. Zeno of counsel), for appellant.

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Bari L. Kamlet of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Andrias, Saxe, Freedman and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.


Defendant is entitled to relief under People v Williams ( 14 NY3d 198), which invalidates the imposition of post-release supervision upon resentencing of defendants who have been released after completing their terms of imprisonment. When a person serving a determinate sentence is conditionally released, the determinate sentence is still in effect, but the person has clearly been released from imprisonment within the meaning of Williams. Accordingly, the controlling date for double jeopardy purposes under Williams is the date of release from prison, not the expiration date of the sentence ( People v Grant, 75 AD3d 558), and we reject the People's argument to the contrary.

In light of this determination, we find it unnecessary to reach any other issues.


Summaries of

People v. Velez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 14, 2010
79 A.D.3d 542 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
Case details for

People v. Velez

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JESSIE VELEZ, Appellant

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

Date published: Dec 14, 2010

Citations

79 A.D.3d 542 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 9189
914 N.Y.S.2d 93

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