People v. Dawson

2 A.D.3d 324, 768 N.Y.S.2d 608, 2003 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13681

Opinion

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Bradley, J.), rendered February 4, 2002, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of five years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant youthful offender treatment (see People v Drayton, 39 NY2d 580 [1976]), particularly since he failed to complete a rehabilitation program and was rearrested several times while awaiting sentence, resulting in additional convictions. Concur—Nardelli, J.P., Saxe, Rosenberger, Williams and Friedman, JJ.