Opinion
2017–05419 Ind. No. 2967/15
06-26-2019
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Marven STVAL, Appellant.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (David L. Goodwin of counsel), for appellant. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Thomas M. Ross of counsel; Anna Arena on the brief), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (David L. Goodwin of counsel), for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Thomas M. Ross of counsel; Anna Arena on the brief), for respondent.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., COLLEEN D. DUFFY, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Evelyn J. LaPorte, J.), rendered April 25, 2017, convicting him of attempted robbery in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is modified, on the law, by vacating the sentence imposed; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
CPL 720.20(1) requires "that there be a youthful offender determination in every case where the defendant is eligible, even where the defendant fails to request it, or agrees to forgo it as part of a plea bargain" ( People v. Rudolph, 21 N.Y.3d 497, 501, 974 N.Y.S.2d 885, 997 N.E.2d 457 ). Here, as the People correctly concede, even though the defendant was an eligible youth, the record does not demonstrate that the Supreme Court considered and determined whether the defendant should be afforded youthful offender status (see People v. Foster, 162 A.D.3d 790, 75 N.Y.S.3d 91 ; People v. Hall, 160 A.D.3d 896, 897, 73 N.Y.S.3d 898 ; People v. Mead, 159 A.D.3d 1040, 1041, 70 N.Y.S.3d 579 ). Accordingly, we must vacate the sentence imposed and remit the matter to the Supreme Court, Kings County, to determine whether the defendant should be adjudicated a youthful offender, and for resentencing thereafter (see People v. Foster, 162 A.D.3d at 790, 75 N.Y.S.3d 91 ; People v. Hall, 160 A.D.3d at 897, 73 N.Y.S.3d 898 ). We express no opinion as to whether the court should afford youthful offender treatment to the defendant.
In light of this determination, the defendant's remaining contention has been rendered academic.
RIVERA, J.P., DUFFY, CONNOLLY and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.