| People v Bennett |
| 2011 NY Slip Op 09727 [90 AD3d 1664] |
| December 30, 2011 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eliud Bennett, Appellant. |
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Michael C. Green, District Attorney, Rochester (Nancy Gilligan of counsel), for
respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Monroe County (Frank P. Geraci, Jr., A.J.), entered March 19, 2010. The order determined that defendant is a level three risk pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from an order determining that he is a level three risk pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law § 168 et seq.). Defendant failed to preserve for our review his contention that he was entitled to a downward departure from his presumptive risk level (see People v Clark, 66 AD3d 1366 [2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 713 [2009]; People v Ratcliff, 53 AD3d 1110 [2008], lv denied 11 NY3d 708 [2008]). In any event, we reject that contention inasmuch as "defendant failed to present clear and convincing evidence of special circumstances justifying a downward departure" (People v Regan, 46 AD3d 1434, 1435 [2007]). Present—Scudder, P.J., Centra, Carni, Lindley and Martoche, JJ.