PEOPLE v. HASSELL

No. 170 SSM 25.

14 N.Y.3d 925 (2010)

931 N.E.2d 539

905 N.Y.S.2d 555

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM HASSELL, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( Mark W. Zeno and Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Matthew C. Williams of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur in memorandum.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, the resentence vacated and the original sentence reinstated.

In November 2002, defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was promised a sentence of 3½ years imprisonment. Although postrelease supervision (PRS) was discussed during the plea proceeding, Supreme Court did not inform defendant of the specific term of PRS it intended to impose. Moreover...

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