Opinion
April 18, 1991
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Rettinger, J.).
The defendant, a seventeen year old, committed the alleged crimes on January 28, 1989, June 30, 1988, and December 11, 1988. On appeal the defendant claims that he never formally pled guilty and that the plea was factually insufficient. Review of the record shows that during the allocution the defendant was represented by two attorneys, and was separately questioned about each crime by the Judge. The allocution further shows that there was a sufficient factual basis for each crime to support defendant's pleas of guilty. Indeed, the defendant thanked the court for accepting his plea. Thus, defendant's claims are without any basis. No uniform mandatory catechism is required for entering and accepting a plea. (People v. Nixon, 21 N.Y.2d 338, 352, cert denied sub nom. Robinson v. New York, 393 U.S. 1067.)
Defendant's claim that the sentence was excessive and that he should have been granted youthful offender treatment is also without merit, as his age, criminal record and his commission of three violent crimes within a short time span support the Court's determination to sentence as an adult (People v. Williams, 78 A.D.2d 642).
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Carro, Kupferman and Smith, JJ.