Opinion
584 KA 16-00350
04-28-2017
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. KASIM SAKINOVIC, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
JOHN J. RASPANTE, UTICA, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. JEFFREY S. CARPENTER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, HERKIMER (JACQUELYN M. ASNOE OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., LINDLEY, DEJOSEPH, NEMOYER, AND SCUDDER, JJ.
JOHN J. RASPANTE, UTICA, FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
JEFFREY S. CARPENTER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, HERKIMER (JACQUELYN M. ASNOE OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
Appeal from a judgment of the Herkimer County Court (John H. Crandall, J.), rendered December 16, 2014. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of burglary in the second degree.
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of burglary in the second degree (Penal Law § 140.25 [2]), defendant contends that County Court abused its discretion in determining that granting defendant youthful offender status would not serve the interest of justice. We reject that contention (see CPL 720.20 [1] [a]; People v Agee, 140 AD3d 1704, 1704-1705, lv denied 28 NY3d 925), and we decline to exercise our interest of justice jurisdiction to adjudicate defendant a youthful offender (see Agee, 140 AD3d at 1704-1705). Contrary to defendant's further contention, the agreed-upon sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.
Entered: April 28, 2017
Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court