Crespo v. Hall

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be modified, without costs, in accordance with this memorandum and, as so modified, affirmed.

The unambiguous statutory scheme establishes that, immediately upon sentencing, a juvenile offender must be committed to the custody of the Director of the State Division for Youth (DFY) for confinement in a secure DFY facility. CPL 430.20 (subd 1) provides that “[w]hen a sentence of imprisonment is pronounced * * * the defendant must forthwith be committed to the custody of the appropriate public servant” (emphasis added). In…