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PEOPLE v. BRINSON

Nos. 135, 136.

21 N.Y.3d 490 (2013)

995 N.E.2d 144

972 N.Y.S.2d 182

2013 NY Slip Op 4758

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CHRITOPHER BRINSON, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LAWRENCE BLANKYMSEE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 26, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn W.L. Fahey , Appellate Advocates, New York City ( Paul Skip Laisure of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Lynn W.L. Fahey , Appellate Advocates, New York City ( Paul Skip Laisure of counsel), for appellant in the second aboyeentitled action.

Richard A. Brown , District Attorney, Kew Gardens ( Anastasia Spanakos and John M. Castellano of counsel), for respondent in the first and second above-entitled actions.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RIVERA, J.

In these unrelated cases, each defendant claims that the imposition of mandatory postrelease supervision (PRS) to his determinate sentence at resentencing violates the Fifth Amendment Double Jeopardy Clause of the federal constitution. Defendants claim that they have completed their determinate sentences, therefore imposition of PRS violates the prohibition against multiple punishments. We conclude that the respective resentences...

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