People v. Baptiste

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J), rendered May 31, 2012, convicting defendant, upon his guilty plea, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of SVa years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant youthful offender treatment (see People v Drayton, 39 NY2d 580 [1976]), in view of defendant’s failure to comply with the conditions of his guilty plea. The court’s determination did not violate the plea agreement or entitle defendant to withdraw his plea, because at the plea proceeding the court made it…