People v. Cummings

134 A.D.3d 686, 19 N.Y.S.3d 772

Opinion

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Meyer, J.), dated March 21, 2012, 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 People established, by clear and convincing evidence, that the defendant had previously been convicted of a felony sex crime (see People v Goods, 121 AD3d 660 [2014]; People v Smalls, 120 AD3d 1145 [2014]; People v Carter, 85 AD3d 995 [2011]). Therefore, the defendant was presumptively a level three sex offender pursuant to an automatic override address ing prior felony convictions for sex crimes, irrespective of the points scored on the risk assessment instrument (see Sex Offender Registration Act: Risk Assessment Guidelines and Commentary at 3-4 [2006]; People v Barfield, 115 AD3d 835 [2014]). Further, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendant’s application for a downward departure from the presumptive risk level (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841, 861 [2014]; People v Wyatt, 89 AD3d 112, 128 [2011]). Rivera, J.P., Dickerson, Miller and Maltese, JJ., concur.