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People v. Hargrove

Court of Appeals of New York.
Nov 18, 2021
37 N.Y.3d 1076 (N.Y. 2021)

Opinion

No. 85 SSM 20

11-18-2021

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tyjhe HARGROVE, Appellant.

Patricia Pazner, Appellate Advocates, New York City (Hannah Kon of counsel), for appellant. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Jordan Cerutti of counsel), for respondent.


Patricia Pazner, Appellate Advocates, New York City (Hannah Kon of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn (Jordan Cerutti of counsel), for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM. The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the case remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with this memorandum.

"[W]hen a defendant has been convicted of an armed felony ... and the only barrier to his or her youthful offender eligibility is that conviction, the court is required to determine on the record whether the defendant is an eligible youth by considering the presence or absence of the factors set forth in CPL 720.10 (3)" (

People v. Middlebrooks , 25 N.Y.3d 516, 527-528, 14 N.Y.S.3d 296, 35 N.E.3d 464 [2015] ; accord People v. Lofton , 29 N.Y.3d 1097, 1098, 59 N.Y.S.3d 305, 81 N.E.3d 839 [2017] ).

Defendant makes no argument that he is automatically eligible for youthful offender treatment. We therefore have no occasion to consider whether defendant's conviction of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree was an "armed felony offense" (see CPL 720.10 [2] [a] ).

Here, the People concede that the sentencing court failed to make any appropriate on-the-record determination. We accept the People's concession and, accordingly, the case should be remitted for consideration of youthful offender treatment.

Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Fahey, Garcia, Wilson, Singas and Cannataro concur.

On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals ( 22 NYCRR) § 500.11, order reversed and case remitted to Supreme Court, Kings County, for further proceedings in accordance with the memorandum herein.


Summaries of

People v. Hargrove

Court of Appeals of New York.
Nov 18, 2021
37 N.Y.3d 1076 (N.Y. 2021)
Case details for

People v. Hargrove

Case Details

Full title:The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tyjhe HARGROVE…

Court:Court of Appeals of New York.

Date published: Nov 18, 2021

Citations

37 N.Y.3d 1076 (N.Y. 2021)
155 N.Y.S.3d 150
177 N.E.3d 213

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