Title: The People v. Ivin Williams

State: new-york

Issuer: New York Appellate Court

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This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before
publication in the New York Reports.
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No. 169  SSM 24
The People &c.,
            Respondent,
        v.
Ivin Williams,
            Appellant.
Submitted by Mark W. Zeno, for appellant.
Submitted by Matthew C. Williams, for respondent.
MEMORANDUM:
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed,
the resentence vacated and the original sentence reinstated.
In June 2001, defendant pleaded guilty to attempted
first-degree robbery and was promised a sentence of seven years
imprisonment.  Postrelease supervision (PRS) was not discussed
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during the plea proceeding or at sentencing.  In November 2008 --
more than one year after defendant was released from prison --
defendant returned to court and Supreme Court, in error,
resentenced him, adding a five-year period of PRS.  The Double
Jeopardy Clause of the federal constitution precludes a court
from adding PRS to a defendant's sentence once the defendant has
already been released from imprisonment (see People v Williams,
14 NY3d 198, 217 [2010]).   
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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules,
order reversed, the resentence vacated and the original sentence
reinstated, in a memorandum.  Chief Judge Lippman and Judges
Ciparick, Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Jones concur.
Decided June 17, 2010