Youthful offender adjudication; certain exemptions
§ 720.25 Youthful offender adjudication; certain exemptions.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law:
1. where the court is required to find that a person is a youthful offender pursuant to section 170.80 of this chapter, the fact that such person has previously been convicted of a crime or adjudicated a youthful offender shall not prevent such person from being adjudicated a youthful offender as required by such section; and
2. a youthful offender adjudication pursuant to section 170.80 of this chapter shall not be considered in determining whether a person is an eligible youth, or in determining whether to find a person a youthful offender, in any subsequent youthful offender adjudication.
Notwithstanding inconsistent law, for cases where the court must find YO under CPL § 170.80 (certain prostitution charges):
1. a prior crime conviction or YO adjudication does NOT prevent the required YO finding; and
2. a § 170.80 YO adjudication is NOT counted in later deciding eligibility or whether to grant YO. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.