Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George Gomez, Also Known as George Perez, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2006-02-23
Citations: 26 A.D.3d 280
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v George Gomez, Also Known as George Perez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 26
Pages: 280–280

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v George Gomez, Also Known as George Perez, Appellant.
[808 NYS2d 901]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered August 4, 2004, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 16 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 mandatory sentence as a persistent violent felony offender was triggered solely by his prior convictions (see Almendarez-Torres v United States, 523 US 224 [1998]). Concur—Andrias, J.P., Saxe, Friedman, Williams and Malone, JJ.