People v Berry

People v Berry 2007 NY Slip Op 00456 [36 AD3d 540] January 25, 2007 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, March 14, 2007

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Michael Berry, Appellant.

—[*1] Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Frances Gallagher of counsel), for appellant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Mary C. Farrington of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ruth L. Sussman, J.), entered on or about May 2, 2005, which adjudicated defendant a level three sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly adjudicated defendant a level three sex offender. Defendant did not contest the court's assessment of 125 points, which exceeded the statutory threshold of 110 points, and the court, after considering mitigating factors argued by defendant, properly exercised its discretion in denying his request for a downward departure from the presumptive risk level (see People v Guaman, 8 AD3d 545 [2004]). Concur—Saxe, J.P., Marlow, Nardelli, Sweeny and Catterson, JJ.