People v Palmer
2013 NY Slip Op 04587 [107 AD3d 869]
June 19, 2013
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, July 31, 2013


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Brian Palmer, Appellant.

[*1] Steven Banks, New York, N.Y. (Lorraine Maddalo of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel; Diana Teverovskaya on the brief), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Walsh, J.), dated June 2, 2011, which, after a hearing, designated him a level three sexually violent offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, there was clear and convincing evidence to support the Supreme Court's determination to designate him a level three sexually violent offender (see Correction Law § 168-n [3]; People v Pettigrew, 14 NY3d 406, 408 [2010]; People v Mingo, 12 NY3d 563, 571 [2009]; People v Gilligan, 94 AD3d 844 [2012]). Moreover, the Supreme Court properly determined that he was not entitled to a downward departure from his presumptive risk level (see People v Wyatt, 89 AD3d 112, 128-129 [2011]; People v Santana, 104 AD3d 660 [2013], lv denied 21 NY3d 854 [2013]). Rivera, J.P., Hall, Cohen and Miller, JJ., concur.