| People v Fountain |
| 2014 NY Slip Op 00935 [114 AD3d 491] |
| February 13, 2014 |
| 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 James Fountain, Appellant. |
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Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Yuval Simchi-Levi of counsel),
for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Roger Hayes, J.), entered on or about September 14, 2009, which adjudicated defendant a level three sexually violent offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly exercised its discretion in declining to grant a downward departure to level two (see People v Cintron, 12 NY3d 60, 70 [2009], cert denied 558 US 1011 [2009]; People v Johnson, 11 NY3d 416, 418, 421 [2008]). Defendant's egregious criminal record, including the underlying sex crime, defendant's prior sex crimes against children, and his homicide convictions, outweighs the factors he cites in support of a downward departure. Concur—Gonzalez, P.J., Sweeny, Richter, Manzanet-Daniels and Clark, JJ.