Judgment affirmed.
The defendant stands convicted of a crime which the Legislature has specifically defined as a violent felony offense (Penal Law, § 70.02, subd 1, par [c]), and does not challenge the adjudication that he is a persistent violent felony offender. Rather, defendant claims that (1) the mandatory sentencing scheme of the persistent violent offender statute is unconstitutional because it prevents the sentencing court from considering a particular...
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