People v. Cepeda

2017 NY Slip Op 1897, 148 A.D.3d 942, 48 N.Y.S.3d 612

Opinion

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Koenderman, J.), dated April 15, 2013, which, after a hearing, designated him a level three sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.

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

The defendant’s contention that he was entitled to a downward departure from a level three sex offender status based upon the aggregate of certain factors is unpreserved for appellate review (see People v Figueroa, 138 AD3d 708, 709 [2016]; People v Rosales, 133 AD3d 733, 733 [2015]; People v Fernandez, 91 AD3d 737, 738 [2012]). In any event, the defendant failed to demonstrate that there existed mitigating circumstances of a kind or to a degree not otherwise adequately taken into account by the guidelines that warranted a downward departure from his presumptive level three sex offender status (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841, 861 [2014]; People v Sanchez, 138 AD3d 946 [2016]; People v Azeez, 138 AD3d 945 [2016]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly designated the defendant a level three sex offender.

Mastro, J.P., Lev-enthal, Barros and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.