People v. La Grange

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Albany County (Harris, J.), rendered March 28, 1984, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree.

Defendant was indicted and charged with sexual abuse in the first degree based on a December 1983 incident wherein he was alleged to have sexually molested a four-year-old girl whom he was babysitting. Defendant was 17 years old at the time of the incident. Defendant pleaded guilty as charged and moved to be treated as a youthful offender. County Court denied the motion and sentenced defendant to an…