People v Suarez
2008 NY Slip Op 05800 [52 AD3d 423] [52 AD3d 423]
June 26, 2008
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, August 13, 2008


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Victor Suarez, Appellant.

[*1] Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Nancy E. Little of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Sheryl Feldman of counsel), for respondent. Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), entered on or about May 31, 2006, adjudicating defendant a level two sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendant, who was assessed 120 points, which is 10 points over the threshold for a level three adjudication, and who received a downward departure to level two, seeks a further downward departure to a level one adjudication. We perceive no basis for a further departure (see People v Guaman, 8 AD3d 545 [2004]). The Board of Examiners' recommendation for a downward departure to level two took into account mitigating factors relating to the underlying sex crime, and defendant failed to show any other factors warranting a further departure. Concur—Lippman, P.J., Tom, Andrias and Saxe, JJ.