Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The County Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant's application for youthful offender status. Since the defendant was convicted of armed felony offenses (see CPL 1.20 [41] [b]; Penal Law §§ 70.02 [1] [a]; 160.15 [4]), he could only be adjudicated a youthful offender if there existed mitigating circumstances that bore directly upon the manner in which the crimes were committed, or...
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