| People v Rosario |
| 2021 NY Slip Op 02610 [193 AD3d 659] |
| April 29, 2021 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Franklin Rosario, Appellant. |
Janet E. Sabel, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Richard Joselson of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Jillian Lewis of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Eduardo Padró, J. at diversion hearing; Bonnie G. Wittner, J. at plea; A. Kirke Bartley, Jr., J. at sentencing), rendered July 18, 2013, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender, to a term of two years, unanimously affirmed.
The court providently exercised its discretion in denying defendant's application for participation in a judicial diversion program pursuant to CPL 216.05 (see People v Young, 184 AD3d 443 [1st Dept 2020], lv denied 35 NY3d 1071 [2020]). The record supports the hearing court's findings regarding the factors set forth in CPL 216.05 (3) (b). Concur—Kapnick, J.P., Moulton, Scarpulla, Mendez, JJ.