Court of Appeals of New York

Compliance with the requirement of CPL 720.20(1), which says that, where a defendant is eligible to be treated as a youthful offender, the sentencing court "must" determine whether he or she is to be so treated, cannot be dispensed with, even where defendant has failed to ask to be treated as a youthful offender, or has purported to waive his or her right to make such a request.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2013
• Published 06/27/2013

Judges

• SMITH

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

Counsel