People v. Sanford

47 A.D.3d 454, 848 N.Y.S.2d 875

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: January 15, 2008
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard D. Carruthers, J.), entered on or about March 18, 2005, which adjudicated defendant a level three sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The hearing court properly determined that although defendant received points relating to the facts of the underlying sex crime, the risk assessment instrument failed to adequately take into account the extreme and unusual brutality of that crime, which warranted an upward departure (see People v Ferrer, 35 AD3d 297 [2006], lv denied 8 NY3d 807 [2007]; People v Joslyn, 27 AD3d 1033 [2006]). The court considered defendant’s behavior following his release from prison and properly concluded that factor was outweighed by the circumstances of the crime. Concur—Lippman, P.J., Buckley, Gonzalez and Sweeny, JJ.