People v. Williams

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, the resentence vacated and the original sentence reinstated.

In June 2001, defendant pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree robbery and was promised a sentence of seven years imprisonment. Postrelease supervision (PRS) was not discussed during the plea proceeding or at sentencing. In November 2008—more than one year after defendant was released from prison—defendant returned to court and Supreme Court, in error, resentenced him, adding a five-year period of PRS. The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Federal…