
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Steven A. Mullen; Appellant.
    [805 NYS2d 893]
   Appeal from a judgment of the Genesee County Court (Robert C. Noonan, J.), rendered August 3, 2004. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of sexual abuse in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of, inter alia, sexual abuse in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.65 [3]), defendant contends that County Court abused its discretion in denying his application for youthful offender status. Defendant failed to preserve his contention for our review (see People v Jones, 288 AD2d 397 [2001], lv denied 97 NY2d 730 [2002]; People v Gonzalez [appeal No. 1], 280 AD2d 980 [2001]) and, in any event, defendant’s contention lacks merit (see generally People v Henderson, 300 AD2d 1119 [2002], lv denied 100 NY2d 539 [2003]; People v Smith, 286 AD2d 878 [2001], lv denied 98 NY2d 641 [2002]). Present—Hurlbutt, J.P., Scudder, Gorski, Martoche and Smith, JJ.  