People v Cisneros

People v Cisneros 2019 NY Slip Op 01672 Decided on March 7, 2019 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on March 7, 2019
Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Richter, Oing, Moulton, JJ.
8653 4568/09

[*1]The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Guillermo Cisneros, Defendant-Appellant.

Justine M. Luongo, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Arthur H. Hopkirk of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Susan Gliner of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J.), entered on or about March 29, 2017, which adjudicated defendant a level two sexually violent offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court providently exercised its discretion when it declined to grant defendant's request for a downward departure (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841 [2014]). There were no mitigating factors that were not adequately taken into account by the risk assessment instrument or that outweighed the seriousness of the underlying sexual conduct. Defendant's favorable score on the Static-99 test had only limited probative value (see People v Rodriguez, 145 AD3d 489, 490 [1st Dept 2016], lv denied 28 NY3d 916 [2017]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: MARCH 7, 2019

CLERK