People v. Monk

OPINION OF THE COURT

Dillon, J.P.

Is a defendant’s plea of guilty rendered unknowing, involuntary, or unintelligent, if the court, while informing the defendant during the plea allocution of the period of postrelease supervision, fails to advise him of the consequences of violating the conditions of that postrelease supervision? The Appellate Division, Second Department, has not, until now, considered this question. We hold that a court’s failure to advise a defendant of the consequences of violating the conditions of postrelease supervision does not render the plea infirm.

I. Relevant Facts

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