People v. Dwight S.

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered February 28, 1969, which (1) adjudicated him a youthful offender, upon his plea of guilty to acts which, if committed by an adult, would constitute reckless endangerment in the second degree, a misdemeanor, and (2) sentenced him to an unconditional discharge. Judgment affirmed. In our opinion, appellant was not placed in double jeopardy by prosecution of the youthful offender information charging him with reckless endangerment in the first degree (see Penal Law, § 120.25) after his conviction upon a guilty plea…