Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edwin Lopez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-04-19
Citations: 83 A.D.3d 537
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Edwin Lopez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 83
Pages: 537–537

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Edwin Lopez, Appellant.
[920 NYS2d 664]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Maxwell Wiley, J.), rendered March 3, 2010, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 12 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The procedure by which defendant was adjudicated a persistent violent felony offender is constitutional (People v Bell, 15 NY3d 935 [2010]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Acosta, Renwick and Freedman, JJ.