| People v Henry |
| 2010 NY Slip Op 06646 [76 AD3d 1031] |
| September 21, 2010 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Michael T. Henry, Appellant. |
—[*1] William V. Grady, District Attorney, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Joan H. McCarthy of counsel), forrespondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Dolan, J.),rendered January 30, 2007, convicting him of attempted robbery in the second degree, upon hisplea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the People's contention, the defendant preserved for appellate review hisargument that he should have been afforded youthful offender treatment (see CPL 470.05[2]; People v Murray, 57 AD3d921 [2008], affd 15 NY3d 725 [2010]; People v Martinez, 301 AD2d 615,616 [2003]; People v Miles, 244 AD2d 433 [1997]). As to the merits of the defendant'sargument, since the defendant was convicted of an armed felony offense (see CPL 1.20[41] [b]; Penal Law § 70.02 [1] [b], [c]; §§ 110.00, 160.10 [2] [b]), he couldonly be adjudicated a youthful offender if there existed "mitigating circumstances that [bore]directly upon the manner in which the crime was committed," or if his participation in the crimeswas "relatively minor" (CPL 720.10 [3] [i], [ii]; see People v Stokes, 28 AD3d 592 [2006]). The sentencing courtdid not improvidently exercise its discretion in declining to sentence the defendant as a youthfuloffender, since there were insufficient mitigating circumstances to support such an adjudication(see CPL 720.20 [1] [a]; People v Stokes, 28 AD3d at 592). Furthermore, thedefendant, who placed a BB gun at the victim's head and demanded money, was not a minorparticipant in this crime (see People v Jhang, 302 AD2d 606, 607 [2003]). Skelos, J.P.,Santucci, Angiolillo, Hall and Roman, JJ., concur.