People v. Shoaf

Jun 5, 2009
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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 [1] [a]), defendant contends that ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‍he should have been afforded youthful offender status. Defendant failed to preserve that contention for our review inasmuch as he did not request a determination concerning youthful offender treatment at the time of the plea or at ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‍sentencing (see People v Hoag, 23 AD3d 1031 [2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 814 [2006]). In any event, the record establishes that defendant “made a voluntary choice to accept a plea bargain containing a provision specifically precluding” youthful offender treatment (People ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‍v Sharlow, 12 AD3d 724, 726 [2004], lv denied 4 NY3d 748 [2004]). The sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.