Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Darryl Jones, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-05-26
Citations: 62 A.D.3d 599
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Darryl Jones, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 62
Pages: 599–600

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Darryl Jones, Appellant.
[878 NYS2d 891]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Micki A. Scherer, J., at plea; Edward J. McLaughlin, J., at sentence), entered July 19, 2005, convicting defendant of sodomy in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent felony offender, to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The sentencing court properly exercised its discretion in adjudicating defendant a persistent felony offender, and that adjudication was not unconstitutional (see People v Quinones, 12 NY3d 116 [2009]). Concur—Catterson, J.P., McGuire, Moskowitz, DeGrasse and Freedman, JJ.