| People v Buchanan |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 01135 [158 AD3d 523] |
| February 15, 2018 |
| 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 Dwayne Buchanan, Appellant. |
Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Desiree Sheridan of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Amanda Katherine Regan of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald A. Zweibel, J.), entered on or about May 12, 2015, 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 assessed 20 and 10 points, respectively, under the risk factors for the victim's helplessness and for forcible compulsion, because the victim's reliable account demonstrated both physical helplessness and forcible compulsion at different times during the incident (see People v Alvarez-Perez, 155 AD3d 430 [1st Dept 2017]).
The court providently exercised its discretion when it declined to grant a downward departure (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841 [2014]). The mitigating factors cited by defendant were adequately taken into account by the risk assessment instrument or outweighed by aggravating factors, including the seriousness of the underlying offense. Concur—Friedman, J.P., Tom, Mazzarelli, Singh, JJ.