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People v. Caldwell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 24, 2010
74 A.D.3d 676 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)

Opinion

Nos. 3143, 3143A.

June 24, 2010.

Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles H. Solomon, J.), rendered July 24, 2008, convicting defendant, upon his pleas of guilty, of attempted robbery in the second degree and bail jumping in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 12 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Carol A. Zeldin of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Ellen Stanfield Friedman of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Saxe, J.P., Friedman, Nardelli, Moskowitz and Richter, JJ.


Defendant's challenge to the constitutionality of his persistent violent felony offender adjudication is without merit ( see Almendarez-Torres v United States, 523 US 224; People v Leon, 10 NY3d 122, 126, cert denied 554 US ___, 128 S Ct 2976).


Summaries of

People v. Caldwell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 24, 2010
74 A.D.3d 676 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
Case details for

People v. Caldwell

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBERT CALDWELL…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jun 24, 2010

Citations

74 A.D.3d 676 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 5669
902 N.Y.S.2d 364

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