Memorandum:
Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree (Penal Law § 220.18 [1]). Defendant contends that his plea was not knowingly entered because he was not advised of the mandatory period of postrelease supervision at the time of the plea and thus that vacatur of the plea is required. We agree (see People v Louree,
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