People v Standsblack
2007 NY Slip Op 05051 [41 AD3d 1299]
June 8, 2007
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, August 15, 2007


The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Saul Standsblack, Appellant.

[*1] Gary A. Horton, Public Defender, Batavia (Bridget L. Field of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Appeal from an order of the Genesee County Court (Robert C. Noonan, J.), entered November 23, 2005. 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 be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: On appeal from an order determining that he is a level three risk pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law § 168 et seq.), defendant contends that we should substitute our discretion for that of County Court and instead determine that he is a level two risk. Upon our review of the record, however, we conclude that the court's determination of defendant's risk level was "properly based on clear and convincing evidence related to the statutory factors" (People v Brown, 302 AD2d 919, 921 [2003]). We have considered the remaining contention of defendant and conclude that it is without merit. Present—Hurlbutt, J.P., Martoche, Smith, Fahey and Green, JJ.