Opinion
1999-01793
Submitted February 21, 2002.
March 25, 2002.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Lange, J.), rendered January 26, 1999, convicting him of assault in the first degree, reckless endangerment in the first degree, and grand larceny in the fourth degree (two counts), upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
John P. Savoca, White Plains, N.Y., for appellant.
Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Thomas K. Chong and Lois Cullen Valerio of counsel), for respondent.
Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, and HOWARD MILLER, JJ.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The record indicates that the County Court fully complied with the procedural mandates of CPL 400.20 in holding a persistent felony offender hearing, and providently exercised its discretion in sentencing the defendant as a persistent felony offender (see Penal Law § 70.10; CPL 400.20; People v. Page, 265 A.D.2d 580; People v. Tuzzio, 261 A.D.2d 644). The County Court's conclusion that the nature of the defendant's criminal conduct, his history, and his character warranted extended incarceration and lifetime supervision is amply supported by the record (see People v. Thomas, 255 A.D.2d 468; People v. Hoover, 251 A.D.2d 348).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit (see People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
ALTMAN, J.P., KRAUSMAN, GOLDSTEIN and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.