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People v. Agnew

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 15, 2009
68 A.D.3d 526 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)

Opinion

No. 1782.

December 15, 2009.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald A. Zweibel, J.), entered on or about January 12, 2009, which adjudicated defendant a level three sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Arthur H. Hopkirk of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (John B.F. Martin of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Gonzalez, P.J., Moskowitz, DeGrasse, Manzanet-Daniels and Roman, JJ.


The court properly applied the presumptive override for a prior felony sex crime conviction, and properly denied defendant's request for a downward departure ( see People v Judd, 29 AD3d 431, lv denied 7 NY3d 709). There is no support for defendant's position that the override was not intended to apply when one of the felonies involved an undercover operation, rather than an actual underage victim. Defendant's conduct demonstrated a high risk of sexual recidivism, not lessened by the fact that the crime was only an attempt, or the fact that the intended victim, believed by defendant to be a child, was actually an undercover officer.


Summaries of

People v. Agnew

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 15, 2009
68 A.D.3d 526 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
Case details for

People v. Agnew

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GERALD AGNEW, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Dec 15, 2009

Citations

68 A.D.3d 526 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 9281
889 N.Y.S.2d 451

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