Opinion
2017–12395 S.C.I. No. 1601/17
11-16-2022
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER D. (Anonymous), appellant.
Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Lynn W.L. Fahey and Joshua M. Levine of counsel), for appellant. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, Christopher Blira–Koessler, and Felicia Thomas of counsel), for respondent.
Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Lynn W.L. Fahey and Joshua M. Levine of counsel), for appellant.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill, Christopher Blira–Koessler, and Felicia Thomas of counsel), for respondent.
BETSY BARROS, J.P., VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, DEBORAH A. DOWLING, LILLIAN WAN, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Gia L. Morris, J.), rendered October 16, 2017, convicting him of robbery in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, the conviction is deemed vacated and replaced with a finding that the defendant is a youthful offender (see CPL 720.20[3] ), the sentence is vacated, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings in accordance with CPL 720.35.
In the exercise of our discretion, we determine that the defendant should be granted youthful offender treatment (see CPL 720.20[1][a] ; People v. Carlos M.-A., 180 A.D.3d 808, 808–809, 119 N.Y.S.3d 148 ).
In light of our determination, we need not reach the parties’ contentions regarding the propriety of the mandatory surcharges and fees imposed on the defendant at sentencing.
BARROS, J.P., BRATHWAITE NELSON, DOWLING and WAN, JJ., concur.