PEOPLE v. VERA

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Mere eligibility for youthful offender status does not mandate youthful offender treatment, and the grant of such a benefit lies wholly within the discretion of the court (see, People v. Barr, 168 A.D.2d 625; People v. Williams, 124 A.D.2d 615). We find that the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in denying the defendant youthful offender status, despite her lack of a prior criminal record, where the crime she committed was premeditated, senseless and violent, and resulted in permanent injuries to the unresisting victim (see, e.g., People v. Hopkins, 163 A.D.2d 416; People v. Granger, 82 A.D.2d 643). Mangano, P.J., Bracken, Lawrence, Altman and Friedmann, JJ., concur.