Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Brian L. Patterson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2015-05-01
Citations: 128 A.D.3d 1377
Docket Number: Appeal No. 2
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Brian L. Patterson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 128
Pages: 1377–1377

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Brian L. Patterson, Appellant.
(Appeal No. 2.)
[6 NYS3d 509]

Opinion:
Appeal from a resentence of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (Joseph D. Valentino, J.), rendered April 15, 2011. Defendant was resentenced upon his conviction of assault in the second degree and criminal contempt in the first degree.
It is hereby ordered that the resentence so appealed from is unanimously modified on the law by reducing the period of postrelease supervision to a period of five years and as modified the resentence is affirmed.
Memorandum: In appeal No. 1, defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05 [3]) and criminal contempt in the first degree (§ 215.51 [c]). We note at the outset that defendant's contention on appeal concerns only the resentence in appeal No. 2, and we therefore dismiss the appeal from the judgment (see generally People v Scholz, 125 AD3d 1492, 1492 [2015]).
As the People correctly concede in appeal No. 2, the resentence is illegal insofar as it imposes a 10-year period of post-release supervision on defendant as a second felony offender convicted of assault in the second degree (see Penal Law § 70.45 [2]). We therefore modify the resentence in appeal No. 2 by reducing the period of postrelease supervision to a period of five years. Present — Smith, J.P., Carni, Lindley, Sconiers and DeJoseph, JJ.