Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Paul Samuels, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-01-28
Citations: 135 A.D.3d 667
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Paul Samuels, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 135
Pages: 667–667

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Paul Samuels, Appellant.
[23 NYS3d 574]

Opinion:
Judgments, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Martin Marcus, J.), rendered February 28, 2013, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and rendered February 28, 2013, as amended April 3, 2013, convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of two years, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of vacating the sentence on the attempted weapon possession conviction only and remanding for resentencing for a youthful offender determination on that conviction, and otherwise affirmed.
As the People concede, based on People v Rudolph (21 NY3d 497 [2013]), which was decided after the sentencing in this case, defendant is entitled to resentencing for an express youthful offender determination on his weapon conviction.
We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence, or for any other relief, on defendant's controlled substance conviction, which involved a crime committed while defendant was 20 years old and thus ineligible for youthful offender treatment. Concur — Tom, J.P., Sweeny, Gische and Kapnick, JJ.