Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant, who was convicted of armed felony offenses under counts one and two of an indictment, was not eligible for a youthful offender adjudication with respect to those counts, since there were no mitigating circumstances bearing directly upon the manner in which those crimes were committed and his role in those crimes was not minor (see CPL 1.20 [41]; 720.10 [2] [a]; [3]; People v Watts,
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