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HERE THE APPELLATE DIVISION, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE, ADJUDICATED DEFENDANT A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing County Court, over a two-justice dissent, determined defendant should have been sentenced as a youthful offender for his role in a robbery::

… [T]he factors weighing against affording defendant youthful offender treatment are the seriousness of the offense, defendant’s alleged gang affiliation, and defendant’s failure to complete interim probation … . However, defendant was 15 years old at the time of the crime and had no prior criminal record. He accepted responsibility for his actions and cooperated with both police on the date of the incident and probation during his presentence report interview. According to his probation officer, although he had not yet begun substance abuse treatment in the extremely short period of time between his release from custody and his remand, he “report[ed] as directed, and ha[d] not secured any new charges.” Probation described defendant as “[m]otivated to avoid further difficulties” and his prognosis for lawful behavior as “guarded.” Indeed, probation asked that defendant’s “sentencing be adjourned for sixty days to allow . . . defendant the opportunity to be placed on electronic monitoring through Probation.” In addition, despite the senseless nature of this incident, defendant did not use a weapon, there is no allegation that this crime was gang-related, defendant was the youngest participant in the crime by approximately three years, and it was clearly an unplanned, spur-of-the-moment decision for which youthful offender adjudication is meant … . People v Davonte S.B., 2024 NY Slip Op 03635, Fourth Dept 7-3-24

Practice Point: The Appellate Division has the power to review the record and adjudicate a defendant a youthful offender in the interest of justice.

 

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