PEOPLE, res, v. CARASHANE BRADFORD, def-ap

10805. PEOPLE, res, v. CARASHANE BRADFORD, def-ap — Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Arthur H. Hopkirk of counsel), for ap — Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Frank Glaser of counsel), for res — Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J.), rendered April 24, 2012, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 3 years, with three years’ postrelease supervision, unanimously reversed, on the law, the plea vacated, and the matter remanded for further proceedings on the indictment.

At the time of defendant’s plea, the court promised defendant a sentence of youthful offender treatment and probation if he completed the CASES program, had no new arrests and met certain other conditions. However, if defendant did not complete the program or violated any of the conditions, the court apprised him he would be “facing any lawful sentence which could be jail or prison.” When defendant violated the conditions and was rearrested, the court declined to adjudicate him a youthful offender and sentenced him to 3 years in state prison, plus three years postrelease supervision.