SINGER, MICHAEL, PEOPLE v

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: March 22, 2013
• Docket: KA 12-00535
• Status: Published

Opinion

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

327 KA 12-00535 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., FAHEY, SCONIERS, VALENTINO, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MICHAEL C. SINGER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

J. SCOTT PORTER, SENECA FALLS, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

BARRY L. PORSCH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, WATERLOO, FOR RESPONDENT.

Appeal from a judgment of the Seneca County Court (Dennis F. Bender, J.), entered March 29, 2010. The judgment revoked defendant’s sentence of probation and imposed a sentence of imprisonment.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment revoking the sentence of probation previously imposed and sentencing him to a determinate term of incarceration, followed by three years of postrelease supervision. Contrary to defendant’s contention, we conclude that the record does not establish that County Court “ ‘was unaware that it had the ability to exercise its discretion in determining whether to impose a lesser period of postrelease supervision’ ” (People v McCrimager, 81 AD3d 1324, 1324). We reject defendant’s further contention that the duration of the period of postrelease supervision is unduly harsh or severe.

Entered: March 22, 2013 Frances E. Cafarell Clerk of the Court