Title: The People v. George Jordan

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. 172  SSM 26
The People &c.,
            Respondent,
        v.
George Jordan,
            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 February 2003, defendant pleaded guilty to attempted
first degree robbery and was promised a sentence of seven years
imprisonment.  Although postrelease supervision (PRS) was
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discussed during the plea proceeding, Supreme Court did not
inform defendant of the specific term of PRS it intended to
impose.  At sentencing, although Supreme Court mentioned PRS
again, it did not pronounce a specific period of PRS.  In
September 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 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 24, 2010