Opinion
2014-10-7
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. RANDELL T., Defendant–Appellant.
Office of The Appellate Defender, New York (Richard M. Greenberg of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Susan Axelrod of counsel), for respondent.
Office of The Appellate Defender, New York (Richard M. Greenberg of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Susan Axelrod of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Analisa Torres, J.), rendered May 11, 2011, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 3 1/2 years followed by three years' postrelease supervision, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of vacating the conviction, adjudicating defendant a youthful offender, and reducing the sentence to a term of 1 1/3 to 4 years, and otherwise affirmed.
In light of defendant's age and limited prior juvenile or criminal record at the time of the incident, we exercise our discretion to modify the sentence to the extent indicated. Under the circumstances of this case, including the fact that the presentence report recommended youthful offender adjudication, we find that “the interest of justice would be served by relieving [defendant] from the onus of a criminal record” (CPL 720.20[1][a]; see People v. Kwame S., 95 A.D.3d 664, 944 N.Y.S.2d 549 [1st Dept.2012] ). MAZZARELLI, J.P., RENWICK, ANDRIAS, RICHTER, FEINMAN, JJ., concur.