Legal Opinion
Scott v. Fischer
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 11, 2010No. Docket 09-1451-cvPublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge:
Shortly before her release from prison, having served all but a few days of her three-year sentence by a New York State court for armed robbery, the plaintiff Choice Scott was informed by the New York Department of Corrections that she would be subject to a five-year period of post-release supervision (“PRS”). PRS had neither been mentioned in her plea agreement nor imposed by a judge, at sentencing or otherwise. It was prescribed administratively, instead, by the Department of Corrections, acting pursuant to N.Y. Penal Law § 70.45, a New York State statute that required…
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