| People v Jennings |
| 2021 NY Slip Op 03264 [194 AD3d 581] |
| May 20, 2021 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Keith Jennings, Appellant. |
Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Barbara Zolot of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Franklin R. Guenthner of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ann E. Scherzer, J.), rendered January 11th,
2019, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of two counts of robbery in the first degree,
and sentencing him to concurrent terms of five years with three years' postrelease supervision,
unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing
the periods of postrelease supervision to 2
The court and counsel appear to have been under the mistaken impression that the statutory
minimum period of postrelease supervision was three years when in fact, it was
2
Based on the People's consent as a matter of prosecutorial discretion, and pursuant to our own interest of justice powers, we waive the surcharge and fees imposed at sentencing (see People v Chirinos, 190 AD3d 434 [1st Dept 2021]). Concur—Renwick, J.P., Manzanet-Daniels, Mazzarelli, Mendez, JJ.