New York Supreme Court March 6, 1975 (People v. Ruben S.)

Leonard Leigh Finz, J.

The defendant, aged 16 at the time of the crime, who has pleaded guilty to criminal sale of a controlled substance as a class A-III felony, now moves this court for the granting of youthful offender treatment. To determine this question, it is necessary to examine the present controlling statutes addressed to the subject.