People v. Adams

Dec 2, 2004
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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd G. Goodman, J.), rendered July 11, 2002, convicting defendant, ‍​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‍upon her plea of guilty, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing her to a term of four years, unanimously affirmed.

The record contradicts defendant’s assertion that the court failed ‍​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‍to exercise its discretion in fixing a term of postrelease supervision. Such supervision was automatically included in defendant’s sentence (Penal Law § 70.45 [1]), and the statutory period of supervision on a class ‍​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‍C violent felony conviction is automatically five years (Penal Law § 70.45 [2]) unless the court specifies a shorter period (see People v Hollenbach, 307 AD2d 776 [2003], lv denied 100 NY2d 642 [2003]). Therefore, the court’s use ‍​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‍of the phrase “the appropriate post-release supervision time,” without any reference to a specific period, was clearly intended to mean that the default period of five years would be applicable.

We ‍​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‍perceive no basis for reducing the sentence. Concur— Tom, J.E, Andrias, Saxe, Williams and Sweeny, JJ.