Opinion
January 29, 1990
Appeal from the County Court, Suffolk County (Sherman, J.).
Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
The defendant contends, inter alia, that he should be adjudicated a youthful offender. The plea minutes reveal that the defendant was advised that the court would consider granting him youthful offender status but that it would make no promises in this regard. The court stated its intentions regarding the term that would be imposed in the event youthful offender treatment were denied. At sentencing, the defendant did not move to withdraw his pleas or otherwise object to the sentences when it became clear that he would not be afforded youthful offender treatment. As a result, the defendant has waived his right to contest this issue on appeal (see, People v. Woods, 143 A.D.2d 1068; People v. Polansky, 125 A.D.2d 342; People v. Ifill, 108 A.D.2d 202). We find, in any event, that the sentencing court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the defendant youthful offender treatment, in light of the facts and circumstances underlying the crimes of which he was convicted (see, People v. Carter, 143 A.D.2d 925; People v. Woods, supra).
We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions, including his claim that the sentence imposed was excessive, and find them to be without merit. Mollen, P.J., Brown, Eiber and Kunzeman, JJ., concur.