Opinion
2000-01127
Submitted October 31, 2001.
November 26, 2001.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Mullen, J.), rendered December 13, 1999, convicting him of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (George Grun of counsel), for appellant.
James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney, Riverhead, N Y (Patricia A. Murphy of counsel), for respondent.
Before: CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., SONDRA MILLER, LEO F. McGINITY, ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, SANDRA L. TOWNES, JJ.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Mere eligibility for youthful offender status does not mandate youthful offender treatment. The decision to grant such treatment lies wholly within the discretion of the sentencing court (see, CPL 720.20; People v. Dodge, 260 A.D.2d 503; People v. Wallace, 246 A.D.2d 676). The sentencing court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant youthful offender status.
O'BRIEN, J.P., S. MILLER, McGINITY, SCHMIDT and TOWNES, JJ., concur.