Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lawrence White, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-04-08
Citations: 72 A.D.3d 465
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Lawrence White, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 465–465

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Lawrence White, Appellant.
[897 NYS2d 638]

Opinion:
Judgment of resentence, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered July 2, 2008, resentencing defendant to a term of five yéars with five years' postrelease supervision, unanimously reversed, on the law, defendant's resentence vacated and the original five-year term reinstated.
Defendant is entitled to relief based on People v Williams (14 NY3d 198 [2010]), which invalidated imposition of postrelease supervision upon individuals who had completed serving determinate sentences of incarceration before they were resentenced pursuant to Matter of Garner v New York State Dept. of Correctional Servs. (10 NY3d 358 [2008]). Concur— Saxe, J.P., Nardelli, Buckley, Acosta and Freedman, JJ.