Court Opinion

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
           Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

339
KA 11-01981
PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND WHALEN, JJ.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

                    V                              MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ANTWAN DAVIS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

FRANK H. HISCOCK LEGAL AID SOCIETY, SYRACUSE (PIOTR BANASIAK OF
COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SYRACUSE (JAMES P. MAXWELL
OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

     Appeal from a resentence of the Supreme Court, Onondaga County
(John J. Brunetti, A.J.), rendered August 4, 2011. Defendant was
resentenced upon his conviction of murder in the second degree,
robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, assault in
the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second
degree.

     It is hereby ORDERED that the resentence so appealed from is
unanimously affirmed.

     Memorandum: Defendant was convicted in 2001 upon a jury verdict
of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [3]), robbery in
the first degree (§ 160.15 [2]), robbery in the second degree (§
160.10 [2] [a]), assault in the second degree (§ 120.05 [2]), and
criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (§ 265.03 [2]).
Supreme Court failed to impose periods of postrelease supervision
(PRS) on those counts for which a determinate sentence was imposed, as
required by Penal Law § 70.45 (1). While defendant was serving his
sentence, the court resentenced him pursuant to Correction Law §
601-d, to add the requisite periods of PRS. Defendant now contends
that the resentencing violates his constitutional double jeopardy and
due process rights. Even assuming, arguendo, that defendant’s
contentions do not require preservation (cf. People v Woods, 122 AD3d
1400, 1401; People v Smikle, 112 AD3d 1357, 1358, lv denied 22 NY3d
1141; see generally People v Williams, 14 NY3d 198, 220-221, cert
denied ___ US ___, 131 S Ct 125), we nevertheless conclude that they
lack merit.

     Inasmuch as “defendant had not yet completed his originally
imposed sentence of imprisonment when he was resentenced, his
resentencing to a term including the statutorily required period of
postrelease supervision did not violate the double jeopardy or due
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process clauses of the United States Constitution” (People v Fox, 104
AD3d 789, 789-790, lv denied 21 NY3d 943; see People v Lingle, 16 NY3d
621, 630-633; People v Ralph, 91 AD3d 796, 796-797, lv denied 20 NY3d
1064; cf. Williams, 14 NY3d at 217). Defendant’s reliance on cases
rejected by the Court of Appeals in Lingle is misplaced (see Lingle,
16 NY3d at 632).

Entered:   March 20, 2015                      Frances E. Cafarell
                                               Clerk of the Court