discussed Cited "see, e.g." Johnson v. Shillingford However, the law is manifestly clear that the People are under no obligation to accept an offer by a defendant to stipulate to a fact or to an element of a charged crime (see People v Hills, 140 AD2d 71, 77 [1988]; see also People v Andrade, 87 AD3d 160 [2011], cert denied 566 US —, 132 S Ct 1871 [2012]; People v Magnetti, 78 AD3d 863 [2010]; People v Robinson, 251 AD2d 602 [1998]; Old Chief v United States, 519 US 172, 186-187 [1997]), and “the decision as to whether to decline or accept such a stipulation lies wholly within the prosecutor’s discretion” (People v Hills, 140 AD2d at 77…

discussed Cited "see, e.g." Johnson v. Shillingford However, the law is manifestly clear that the People are under no obligation to accept an offer by a defendant to stipulate to a fact or to an element of a charged crime (see People v Hills, 140 AD2d 71, 77 [1988]; see also People v Andrade, 87 AD3d 160 [2011], cert denied 566 US —, 132 S Ct 1871 [2012]; People v Magnetti, 78 AD3d 863 [2010]; People v Robinson, 251 AD2d 602 [1998]; Old Chief v United States, 519 US 172, 186-187 [1997]), and “the decision as to whether to decline or accept such a stipulation lies wholly within the prosecutor’s discretion” (People v Hills, 140 AD2d at 77…