The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Anthony Hill, Appellant

Summary

The Court held that a defendant’s guilty plea is invalid when the court fails to inform him of the mandatory post‑release supervision that follows a determinate sentence, requiring vacatur of the plea and remand for further proceedings. The majority emphasized that due‑process requires a knowing, voluntary, and intelligent waiver, and that harmless‑error analysis does not apply to Catu errors. The dissent argued that specific performance, not vacatur, is an appropriate remedy and that the majority’s mandatory vacatur oversteps precedent. Justice Pigott, dissenting, would have affirmed the Appellate Division’s order.