The People v. Sergio Del Rosario

• Court: New York Court of Appeals
• Decided: December 22, 2020
• Docket: 89
• Status: Published

Opinion

State of New York MEMORANDUM Court of Appeals This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports.

No. 89 The People &c., Respondent, v. Sergio Del Rosario, Appellant.

Debra A. Cassidy, for appellant. Christine DiSalvo, for respondent.

MEMORANDUM:

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs. Under the

circumstances presented here, we reject the People’s argument that defendant’s appeal is

rendered moot by his deportation (see People v Perez, 33 NY3d 1008 [2020]). On the

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merits, we conclude that it was not an abuse of discretion for the Appellate Division to

sustain the upward departure based on the People’s proof that defendant raped the victim

in order to take revenge upon someone other than the victim—a risk factor not adequately

captured by the Guidelines.

Order affirmed, without costs, in a memorandum. Judges Rivera, Stein, Fahey, Garcia, Wilson and Feinman concur. Chief Judge DiFiore took no part.

Decided December 22, 2020

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