Legal Opinion
Betances v. Fischer
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 28, 2015No. 11 Civ. 3200(SAS)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
Beginning in 1998, New York mandated that certain violent felonies be punished by a determinate prison sentence followed by a mandatory term of parole, known as post-release supervision (“PRS”).1 The governing statute did not require that the term of PRS be announced by the judge at sentencing. In thousands of cases where the judge did not impose a term of PRS at sentencing, the New York State Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”) imposed PRS on convicted felons either before or as they were released from prison and…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund v. Barclays PLCDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2015
- Hassell v. FischerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2018
- Reyes v. FischerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2019
- Douglin v. GreatBanc Trust Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 2015
- Betances v. FischerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2015
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