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PEOPLE v. VICTOR J.

283 A.D.2d 205 (2001)

724 N.Y.S.2d 162

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. VICTOR J., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided May 8, 2001.

The sentencing court erred in adjudicating defendant a youthful offender upon a finding of mitigating circumstances, and sentencing him to probation.

The youthful offender provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law "emanate from a legislative desire not to stigmatize youths between the ages of 16 and 19 with criminal records triggered by hasty or thoughtless acts which, although crimes, may not have been the serious deeds...

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