People v. Wrighton

Defendant argues that he was constitutionally entitled to a jury trial on the attempted sexual misconduct charge, even though it is a class B misdemeanor carrying a maximum sentence of 90 days, because the added consequence of registration as a sex offender allegedly takes the crime out of the petty offense category. However, at trial defendant raised a completely different argument, in which he made the unavailing (see People v Urbaez, 10 NY3d 773 [2008]) claim that the People’s reduction of the original class A misdemeanor charges to attempts violated his right to a jury trial. Accordingly,…