People v. Colon

—Appeal by the defendant from two judgments of the County Court, Suffolk County (Cacciabaudo, J.), both rendered February 4, 1998, convicting him of leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury or death under Indictment No. 2651/97, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree under Indictment No. 97/98, upon his pleas of guilty, and imposing sentences.

Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.

Mere eligibility for youthful offender status does not mandate youthful offender treatment. The decision to grant such treatment lies within the sound…