Opinion
2294.
November 25, 2003.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered February 4, 2003, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
Christopher Wilson, for Respondent.
Kenneth Ives, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: Nardelli, J.P., Andrias, Rosenberger, Friedman, JJ.
The court properly declined to sentence defendant as a youthful offender. Since defendant was convicted of an armed felony, youthful offender treatment would require a showing of mitigating circumstances (CPL 720.10[a][ii];[3]), and we do not find that such circumstances were present. In any event, given the circumstances of the crime, denial of youthful offender treatment was a proper exercise of discretion.