People v. Roman

2018 NY Slip Op 920

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: February 8, 2018
• Docket: 5670 3234/73
• Status: Published

Opinion

People v Roman (2018 NY Slip Op 00920)

People v Roman

2018 NY Slip Op 00920

Decided on February 8, 2018

Appellate Division, First Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on February 8, 2018
Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Kahn, Gesmer, Singh, JJ.

5670 3234/73

[*1]The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Roberto Roman, Defendant-Appellant.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Abigail Everett of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (David A. Slott of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Efrain Alvarado, J.), entered February 8, 2017, 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, or were outweighed by the egregiousness of the underlying crime and defendant's criminal history.

Even without the disputed assessment of 10 points for failure to accept responsibility, defendant would remain a level three offender with a score of 125. In any event, we find that the points at issue were correctly assessed.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: FEBRUARY 8, 2018

CLERK