| People v Rashad |
| 2014 NY Slip Op 04719 [118 AD3d 629] |
| June 24, 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 Shahid Rashad, Appellant. |
Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Lorraine Maddalo of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Brian R. Pouliot of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (William A. Wetzel, J.), entered on or about August 6, 2007, which adjudicated defendant a level three sexually violent offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly exercised its discretion in finding defendant a level three risk, based on his extensive criminal history, including the seriousness of a prior conviction involving the death of one victim and serious injury to another, and of the underlying sex crime, which involved choking the victim until she was unconscious and multiple sexual acts. These aggravating factors were not adequately accounted for in the risk assessment instrument (see e.g. People v Jardin, 57 AD3d 229 [1st Dept 2008], lv denied 12 NY3d 703 [2009]), and, as a result, there was no improper double counting. Concur—Tom, J.P., Moskowitz, Manzanet-Daniels, Feinman and Gische, JJ.