People v Dawson
2003 NY Slip Op 19818 [2 AD3d 324]
December 23, 2003
Appellate Division, First Department
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Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, February 25, 2004


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Leslie Dawson, Also Known as Dwayne Victory, Appellant.

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.