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Conviction Based Upon a Plea Allocution In Which Defendant Was Not Informed of the Period of Post-Release Supervision Can Not Be Used as a Predicate Violent Felony for Purposes of Sentencing as a Persistent Violent Felony Offender

The Third Department determined a conviction based upon a plea allocution in which defendant was not informed of the period of post-release supervision (PRS) could not serve as a predicate felony for sentencing as persistent violent felony offender:

Defendant challenges the use of his 1999 conviction as a predicate violent felony, asserting that at the time of his plea to that charge he was not informed that the resulting sentence would include a mandatory period of postrelease supervision (hereinafter PRS). “Notwithstanding his failure to appeal from the [1999] conviction, defendant had an independent statutory right to challenge its use as a predicate conviction on the ground it was unconstitutionally obtained” … . It is well established that a court must advise a defendant of the direct consequences of a plea prior to sentencing, specifically including the existence and duration of any PRS requirement … .

Here, the transcript of defendant’s 1999 plea allocution reveals that he was not advised that his plea would result in a mandatory period of PRS. Rather, defendant was first informed about the PRS through the court’s pronouncement of his sentence. Defendant made comments expressing his surprise as to the PRS immediately thereafter, but he was not afforded an opportunity to withdraw his plea, either during his original sentencing or when he was later resentenced to adjust the duration of the PRS to conform with the requirements of Penal Law § 70.45. Given the apparent infirmities in defendant’s 1999 plea allocution, we find that County Court erred in accepting the resulting conviction as a predicate violent felony for the purpose of sentencing defendant as a persistent violent felony offender … . People v Brewington, 2015 NY Slip Op 02805, 3rd Dept 4-2-15

 

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