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A DEFENDANT’S RIGHT TO BE PERSONALLY PRESENT FOR SENTENCING EXTENDS TO RESENTENCING AND TO THE AMENDMENT OF A SENTENCE (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court and remitting the matter, determined defendant had a right to be present at his resentencing:

The defendant was not present at the resentencing proceeding in June 2023 because he was incarcerated in Florida. The Supreme Court nonetheless resentenced the defendant to the same sentence as had been previously imposed.

“A defendant has a fundamental right to be personally present at the time sentence is pronounced” … , which “extends to resentencing or to the amendment of a sentence” … . Although the defendant had already completed serving the incarceration portion of his sentence as of resentencing, the defendant had not completed the postrelease supervision component of his sentence, for which the Supreme Court could have resentenced the defendant to a minimum period of 3 years and a maximum period of 10 years (see Penal Law § 70.45[2-a][a]). The defendant was not present at the resentencing proceeding, and the record is devoid of any indication that he waived his right to be present … . People v Allen, 2025 NY Slip Op 01381, Second Dept 3-12-25

Practice Point: Absent a waiver, a defendant has the right to be personally presented at a resentencing.

 

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