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  • adjective Occurring after release

Etymologies

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post- +‎ release

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Examples

  • Hobson began his postrelease lecture tour in front of a sold-out audience at the Metropolitan Opera.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • Hobson began his postrelease lecture tour in front of a sold-out audience at the Metropolitan Opera.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • The Court denied his request and sentenced him to seven years in prison with five years postrelease supervision.

    NY Court of Appeals 2007

  • If the trial judge does not mention postrelease supervision at the allocution, as happened here, a defendant can hardly be expected to move to withdraw his plea on a ground of which he has no knowledge.

    Criminal Law 2007

  • We similarly conclude that where a trial judge does not fulfill the obligation to advise a defendant of postrelease supervision during the plea allocution, the defendant may challenge the plea as not knowing, voluntary and intelligent on direct appeal, notwithstanding the absence of a postallocution motion.

    NY Court of Appeals 2007

  • If the trial judge does not mention postrelease supervision at the allocution, as happened here, a defendant can hardly be expected to move to withdraw his plea on a ground of which he has no knowledge.

    NY Court of Appeals 2007

  • We similarly conclude that where a trial judge does not fulfill the obligation to advise a defendant of postrelease supervision during the plea allocution, the defendant may challenge the plea as not knowing, voluntary and intelligent on direct appeal, notwithstanding the absence of a postallocution motion.

    Criminal Law 2007

  • The judge did not advise him that a period of postrelease supervision would follow either potential sentence.

    Criminal Law 2007

  • The Court denied his request and sentenced him to seven years in prison with five years postrelease supervision.

    Criminal Law 2007

  • The judge did not advise him that a period of postrelease supervision would follow either potential sentence.

    NY Court of Appeals 2007

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