Legal Opinion
People v. Wallace
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 26, 1998PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his notice of appeal, from so much of a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Cacciabaudo, J.), rendered February 5, 1996, as, upon convicting him of sexual abuse in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, denied him youthful offender status, and imposed sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from.
Mere eligibility for youthful offender status does not mandate youthful offender treatment. The decision to grant such treatment lies wholly within the discretion of the court (see, CPL 720.20; People v Vera, 206 AD2d 494;…
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