| People v Miller |
| 2017 NY Slip Op 00663 |
| Decided on February 1, 2017 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. |
Decided on February 1, 2017 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
SHERI S. ROMAN
JOSEPH J. MALTESE
COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.
2013-08511
(Ind. No. 2903/12)
v
Louis Miller, appellant.
Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, NY (Natalie Rea of counsel), for appellant.
Eric Gonzalez, Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Thomas M. Ross of counsel; Robert Ho on the memorandum), for respondent.
DECISION & ORDER
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his motion, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Foley, J.), imposed May 28, 2013, upon his plea of guilty, on the ground that the sentence is excessive.
ORDERED that the sentence is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
Criminal Procedure Law § 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 NY3d 497, 501; see People v Youmans, 140 AD3d 1097, 1097). Here, as the People correctly concede, the record does not demonstrate that the Supreme Court considered whether the defendant should be afforded youthful offender status. Under these circumstances, the defendant's sentence must be reversed and the matter remitted to the Supreme Court, Kings County, for resentencing after a determination as to whether the defendant should be afforded youthful offender treatment (see People v Spitzer, 130 AD3d 657, 658; People v Ramirez, 115 AD3d 992, 993; see also People v Youmans, 140 AD3d at 1097; People v Mead, 134 AD3d 960, 961; People v Calkins, 119 AD3d 975, 976). We express no opinion as to whether the Supreme Court should afford youthful offender treatment to the defendant.
ENG, P.J., AUSTIN, ROMAN, MALTESE and DUFFY, JJ., concur.
ENTER:Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court