Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Pedro Cruz, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-02-08
Citations: 37 A.D.3d 209
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Pedro Cruz, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 209–209

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Pedro Cruz, Appellant.
[829 NYS2d 486]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered April 20, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 18 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis for disturbing the jury's determinations concerning identification and credibility (see People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495 [1987]). In addition to identification testimony, there was corroborating fingerprint evidence.
Defendant's constitutional challenge to the procedure under which he was sentenced as a persistent violent felony offender is without merit (see Almendarez-Torres v United States, 523 US 224 [1998]).
We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence. Concur— Mazzarelli, J.E, Andrias, Marlow, Buckley and McGuire, JJ.