Opinion
2021–06864
04-06-2022
PEOPLE of State of New York, respondent, v. Armando JUVENAL, appellant.
Randall D. Unger, Kew Gardens, NY, for appellant. Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Roni C. Piplani of counsel; Joseph DiPietro on the brief), for respondent.
Randall D. Unger, Kew Gardens, NY, for appellant.
Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Roni C. Piplani of counsel; Joseph DiPietro on the brief), for respondent.
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, PAUL WOOTEN, JOSEPH A. ZAYAS, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cassandra Mullen, J.), dated September 20, 2021, 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.
In 2003, the defendant was convicted of, among other crimes, rape in the first degree (six counts) and kidnapping in the second degree. Following a hearing pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6–C; hereinafter SORA), the Supreme Court assessed the defendant 115 points, and designated him a level three sex offender. The defendant appeals.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court properly assessed him 10 points under risk factor 10 based on the recency of a prior felony committed by him. The People established, by clear and convincing evidence, that the defendant had been at liberty for a period of less than three years between the time of his prior felony conviction on August 14, 2000, and the instant offense, which occurred on December 19, 2002 (see People v. Pinckney, 129 A.D.3d 1048, 11 N.Y.S.3d 676 ; People v. James, 99 A.D.3d 775, 951 N.Y.S.2d 676 ; People v. Dunn, 82 A.D.3d 856, 857, 918 N.Y.S.2d 358 ; People v. Hyson, 27 A.D.3d 919, 920, 811 N.Y.S.2d 469 ).
BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., CHAMBERS, WOOTEN and ZAYAS, JJ., concur.