People v. Flores

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel P. FitzGerald, J., at plea; Ronald A. Zweibel, J., at sentencing), rendered August 9, 2012, convicting defendant of attempted assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of nine years, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of vacating the sentence and remanding for resentencing.

The Court of Appeals has determined that CPL 720.20 (1) requires “that there be a youthful offender determination in every case where the defendant is eligible, even where the defendant fails to request it, or agrees to forego it as part of a plea…