| People v Cepeda |
| 2017 NY Slip Op 01897 [148 AD3d 942] |
| March 15, 2017 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Eddy Cepeda, Appellant. |
Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, NY (Adrienne M. Gantt of counsel; Chloe Bootstaylor on the brief), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Anastasia Spanakos of counsel; Lorrie A. Zinno on the brief), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Koenderman, J.), dated April 15, 2013, which, after a hearing, designated him a level three sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The defendant's contention that he was entitled to a downward departure from a level three sex offender status based upon the aggregate of certain factors is unpreserved for appellate review (see People v Figueroa, 138 AD3d 708, 709 [2016]; People v Rosales, 133 AD3d 733, 733 [2015]; People v Fernandez, 91 AD3d 737, 738 [2012]). In any event, the defendant failed to demonstrate that there existed mitigating circumstances of a kind or to a degree not otherwise adequately taken into account by the guidelines that warranted a downward departure from his presumptive level three sex offender status (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841, 861 [2014]; People v Sanchez, 138 AD3d 946 [2016]; People v Azeez, 138 AD3d 945 [2016]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly designated the defendant a level three sex offender. Mastro, J.P., Leventhal, Barros and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.