Opinion
2018–05242 Ind.No. 4142/13
12-18-2019
The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. John THOMAS, Appellant.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Meredith S. Holt of counsel), for appellant. Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Jodi L. Mandel of counsel; Robert Ho on the brief), for respondent.
Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Meredith S. Holt of counsel), for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Jodi L. Mandel of counsel; Robert Ho on the brief), for respondent.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., COLLEEN D. DUFFY, BETSY BARROS, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
Appeal by the defendant from a resentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Danny K. Chun, J.), imposed April 11, 2018, upon his conviction of sex trafficking, upon his plea of guilty, after remittitur from this Court for resentencing (see People v. Thomas , 157 A.D.3d 723, 69 N.Y.S.3d 361 ).
ORDERED that the resentence is affirmed.
"The determination of whether to grant or deny youthful offender status rests within the sound discretion of the court and depends upon all the attending facts and circumstances of the case" ( People v. Hesterbey , 121 A.D.3d 1127, 1128, 994 N.Y.S.2d 421 [internal quotation marks omitted]; see People v. Gourdine , 174 A.D.3d 644, 644, 101 N.Y.S.3d 906 ). Here, we find no basis to disturb the Supreme Court's determination denying youthful offender status to the defendant (see CPL 720.20[1] ; People v. Gourdine , 174 A.D.3d at 644, 101 N.Y.S.3d 906 ; People v. Minaya , 164 A.D.3d 836, 836, 79 N.Y.S.3d 542 ).
MASTRO, J.P., DUFFY, BARROS and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.