| People v Turner |
| 2009 NY Slip Op 09546 [68 AD3d 640] |
| December 22, 2009 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Charada Turner, Appellant. |
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Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Melissa Pennington of counsel), for
respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Laura A. Ward, J.), entered October 14, 2008, which adjudicated defendant a level three sex offender and a sexually violent offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The People met their burden of establishing, by clear and convincing evidence, risk factors bearing a sufficient total point score to support a level three sex offender adjudication. Regardless of whether defendant's correct point score is 120, as he contends, or 175, as contended by the People, there is no basis for a discretionary downward departure, particularly in light of defendant's pattern of violent sexual offenses (see generally People v Guaman, 8 AD3d 545 [2004]). Concur—Sweeny, J.P., Catterson, Renwick, Freedman and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.