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The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Rakim SMITH, appellant.
Appeal by the defendant from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Blackburne, J.), imposed March 29, 2000.
ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed.
The Supreme Court sentenced the defendant to a determinate prison term of eight years. Neither the sentencing minutes nor the court's order of commitment mention the imposition of any period of post-release supervision. Therefore, the sentence appealed from does not include any period of post-release supervision (see Hill v. U.S. ex rel. Wampler, 298 U.S. 460, 56 S.Ct. 760, 80 L.Ed. 1283; Earley v. Murray, 451 F.3d 71, rehearing denied 462 F.3d 147; but see People v. Sparber, 34 A.D.3d 265, 823 N.Y.S.2d 405). As the defendant does not raise any challenge to the sentence actually imposed, his appeal must be dismissed.
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Decided: February 06, 2007
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
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