Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Reynaldo Lopez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2004-11-23
Citations: 12 A.D.3d 296
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Reynaldo Lopez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 296–296

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Reynaldo Lopez, Appellant.
[784 NYS2d 857]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Harold Adler, J.), rendered September 9, 2003, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 12 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's constitutional challenge to the procedure under which he was sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender is unpreserved for appellate review and, in any event, is without merit (see People v Rosen, 96 NY2d 329 [2001], cert denied 534 US 899 [2001]). Defendant's mandatorily enhanced sentence was based solely on his prior convictions and involved no discretionary component (see Almendarez-Torres v United States, 523 US 224 [1998]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Ellerin, Williams, Lerner and Catterson, JJ.