New York Court of Appeals· 2/23/2010

People v. Williams

Citations

925 N.E.2d 878
14 N.Y.3d 198
899 N.Y.S.2d 76

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holding that “after release from prison, a legitimate expectation in the finality of a sentence arises and the Double Jeopardy Clause prevents reformation to attach a PRS component to the original completed sentence”
barring court from modifying sentence to include statutorily required period of post-release supervision where resentencing proceedings occurred after defendants -had completed terms .of incarceration and had been released from prison
“Our precedent has long recognized that courts have the inherent authority to correct illegal sentences.”
\Our precedent has long recognized that courts have the inherent authority to correct illegal sentences\
“[T]he administrative imposition by DOCS of any additional penalty other than that issued by the sentencing court is a nullity.”
“[W]e hold that the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits a court from resentencing the defendant to the mandatory term of PRS after the defendant has served the determinate term of imprisonment and has been released from confinement by DOCS.”

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Judges: Graffeo, Smith, Pigott, Williams, Hernandez, Lewis, Rodriguez, Echevarria

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