Sean Earley v. Timothy Murray

JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Chief Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Sean Earley was sentenced to six years’ incarceration pursuant to a plea agreement. Unbeknownst to Earley, his counsel, the prosecutor, and the sentencing judge, New York had recently passed a law mandating a term of post-release supervision (“PRS”) for convictions such as Earley’s. Subsequently, the New York Department of Correctional Services (“DOCS”), without informing Earley, administratively added a five-year PRS term to Earley’s sentence. More than a year later, upon learning of this addition to his sentence, Earley moved in state…