THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. ODYSSTY DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2022)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed.

Memorandum: We previously held this case, reserved decision, and remitted the matter to County Court to make and state for the record a determination whether defendant should be afforded youthful offender status (see generally People v Middlebrooks, 25 NY3d 516, 525-527 [2015]). On remittal, the court adjudicated defendant a youthful offender and, inasmuch as defendant had already served a term of imprisonment exceeding the maximum sentence that could have been imposed, the court sentenced defendant to time served.

Defendant's only remaining contentions on the initial appeal involve challenges to the validity of the waiver of the right to appeal and to the severity of the sentence. Regardless of the validity of the waiver of the right to appeal, defendant's contentions are moot inasmuch as defendant has served the sentence in its entirety (see People v Scarborough, 205 AD3d 1220, 1221-1222 [3d Dept 2022]; People v Williams, 199 AD3d 1446, 1447 [4th Dept 2021], lv denied 38 NY3d 931 [2022]; People v Griffin, 239 AD2d 936, 936 [4th Dept 1997]). Defendant's contention raised on resubmission to this Court—i.e., that the conviction should be vacated and replaced with a finding that defendant is a youthful offender (see CPL 720.20 [3]), is also moot inasmuch as County Court granted defendant's application for a youthful offender adjudication, vacated the originally imposed sentence as illegal, and sentenced defendant to time served—i.e., the court awarded defendant all the relief to which he was entitled (cf. People v Sutki S., 188 AD3d 1270, 1271 [2d Dept 2020]; see generally Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50 NY2d 707, 713-714 [1980]).

Entered: September 30, 2022

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court