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THE JUDGE’S FAILURE TO INFORM DEFENDANT OF POSTRELEASE SUPERVISION RENDERED DEFENDANT’S ADMISSION TO A PROBATION VIOLATION INVALID; THE ISSUE WAS CONSIDERED ON APPEAL DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF A MOTION TO WITHDRAW THE ADMISSION (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing County Court, determined the judge’s failure to inform defendant of postrelease supervision rendered the admission invalid. The issue may be raised on appeal despite the absence of a motion to withdraw the plea:

Defendant contends that his admission was not knowing, voluntary and intelligent because County Court failed to inform him at any time that he would be subject to postrelease supervision if the court sentenced him to prison. We agree. The People contend that defendant’s challenge to the voluntariness of his admission is not preserved for our review, inasmuch as he failed to move to withdraw his admission, but we reject that contention. Although defendant pleaded guilty to a probation violation, as opposed to a crime, “where a trial judge does not fulfill the obligation to advise a defendant of postrelease supervision during the plea allocution, the defendant may challenge the plea as not knowing, voluntary and intelligent on direct appeal, notwithstanding the absence of a postallocution motion” … . People v Bell, 2023 NY Slip Op 00594, Fourth Dept 2-3-23

Practice Point: Here the judge did not inform the defendant of postrelease supervision before he admitted to a probation violation. The admission was reversed on appeal despite the absence of a motion to withdraw the admission.

 

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