Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Alfred Barrow, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-03-04
Citations: 51 A.D.2d 912
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Alfred Barrow, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 912–913

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Alfred Barrow, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered January 15, 1975, convicting defendant, on his plea of guilty, of escape in the second degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of three years' imprisonment, insofar as it imposes sentence, unanimously reversed, on the law, the sentence vacated, and the case remanded for resentencing, but in all other respects the judgment of conviction is affirmed. Since defendant was an "eligible youth" at the time his plea was accepted, the court was required to order a pre-sentence investigation before determining "whether or not [he] is a youthful offender." (CPL 720.20, subd 1.) Nevertheless, the instant record discloses that the court precluded such consideration when it accepted the plea; presumably as part of the plea negotiations. The provisions of the statute, however, are mandatory and may neither be ignored nor bargained away. (Cf. People v Billups, 47 AD2d 869.) Concur— Murphy, J. P., Birns, Silverman, Lane and Lynch, JJ.