Opinion
2017–05023 2017–05024 S.C.I. Nos. 90049/17, 90050/17
04-03-2019
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Jose OLIVO, Appellant.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Melissa Lee of counsel), for appellant. Michael E. McMahon, District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Morrie I. Kleinbart and Alexander Fumelli of counsel), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Melissa Lee of counsel), for appellant.
Michael E. McMahon, District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Morrie I. Kleinbart and Alexander Fumelli of counsel), for respondent.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., LEONARD B. AUSTIN, SHERI S. ROMAN, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.
DECISION & ORDERAppeals by the defendant from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Alan J. Meyer, J.), both rendered April 6, 2017, convicting him of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree under S.C.I. No. 90049/17, and reckless endangerment in the first degree under S.C.I. No. 90050/17, upon his pleas of guilty, and imposing sentences.
ORDERED that the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Richmond County, to hear and determine whether the defendant should be afforded youthful offender treatment and thereafter submit a report to this Court advising of its determination, and the appeals are held in abeyance in the interim.
In People v. Rudolph, 21 N.Y.3d 497, 499, 974 N.Y.S.2d 885, 997 N.E.2d 457, the Court of Appeals held that compliance with CPL 720.20(1), which provides that the sentencing court "must" determine whether an eligible defendant is to be treated as a youthful offender, "cannot be dispensed with, even where defendant has failed to ask to be treated as a youthful offender, or has purported to waive his or her right to make such a request." Compliance with CPL 720.20(1) requires the sentencing court to actually consider and make an independent determination of whether an eligible youth is entitled to youthful offender treatment (see People v. Dawkins, 131 A.D.3d 482, 483, 13 N.Y.S.3d 908 ; People v. Stevens, 127 A.D.3d 791, 791–792, 4 N.Y.S.3d 546 ; People v. Ojomo, 126 A.D.3d 1011, 3 N.Y.S.3d 621 ).
Here, the record does not demonstrate that the Supreme Court considered whether to adjudicate the defendant a youthful offender. "Generally, under such circumstances, the sentence is vacated, and the matter remitted to the sentencing court for resentencing after determining whether the defendant should be treated as a youthful offender" ( People v. Brooks, 120 A.D.3d 1255, 1256, 991 N.Y.S.2d 899 ). However, in this case, the defendant has served his sentence. Under these circumstances, we remit the matter to the Supreme Court, Richmond County, to determine whether the defendant should be afforded youthful offender treatment and thereafter submit a report to this Court advising of its determination, and hold the appeals in abeyance in the interim (see id. at 1256, 991 N.Y.S.2d 899 ).
MASTRO, J.P., AUSTIN, ROMAN and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.