Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nick Grivas, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-03-29
Citations: 281 A.D.2d 346
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Nick Grivas, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 281
Pages: 346–346

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Nick Grivas, Appellant.
[722 NYS2d 163]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Beeler, J.), rendered April 7, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree (two counts) and possession of burglar's tools, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to two concurrent terms of 16 years to life concurrent with a term of 1 year, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. There is no basis upon which to disturb the court's credibility determinations, which are supported by the record.
The procedure under which defendant was sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender was not unconstitutional (Almendarez-Torres v United States, 523 US 224; Apprendi v New Jersey, 530 US 466). Concur — Sullivan, P. J., Tom, Mazzarelli, Ellerin and Friedman, JJ.