People v. Jennings
Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme
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 was based entirely on his prior convictions (see Almendarez-Torres v United States, 523 US 224 [1998]).
The arguments raised in defendant’s pro se supplemental brief are unpreserved and unavailing. Concur—Buckley, P.J., Saxe, Ellerin, Nardelli and Williams, JJ.
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