People v. Divalentino

Angiolillo, J.,

dissents, and votes to affirm the judgment with the following memorandum, in which Roman, J., concurs: I do not agree with the majority that the County Court failed to advise the defendant of the postrelease supervision component of his sentence at the time he entered his plea of guilty. Therefore, I respectfully dissent, and would vote to affirm the judgment of conviction.

In People v Catu (4 NY3d 242 [2005]), the Court of Appeals held that postrelease supervision is a direct consequence of certain criminal convictions. “Because a defendant pleading guilty to a determinate…