The court properly declined to sentence defendant as a youthful offender. Since defendant was convicted of an armed felony, youthful offender treatment would require a showing of mitigating circumstances (CPL 720.10 [2] [a] [ii]; [3]), and we do not find that such circumstances were present. In any event, given the circumstances of the crime, denial of youthful offender treatment was a proper exercise...
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