Donovan Spence v. Superintendent, Great Meadow Correctional Facility, and Commissioner, New York State Department of Correctional Services

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2000-07-18

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CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge: In September 1992 a New York Supreme Court Justice having defendant Donovan Spence before him on a robbery charge, offered the promise of youthful offender treatment to Spence on the condition that he not engage in any further misconduct or get rearrested. If Spence broke that condition, the judge warned, he would impose a sentence of eight and one-thir…

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