People v Rivera
2019 NY Slip Op 07372 [176 AD3d 504]
October 15, 2019
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, December 4, 2019


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 The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
David Rivera, Appellant.

Janet E. Sabel, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Steven J. Miraglia of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Kristian D. Amundsen of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John S. Moore, J.), entered on or about November 14, 2016, 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 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, were unpersuasive, or were outweighed by aggravating factors, including the seriousness of the underlying offense against a child and defendant's history of felony convictions. Concur—Sweeny, J.P., Tom, Mazzarelli, Oing, Singh, JJ.