Opinion
03-16-2017
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John BLUM, Defendant–Appellant.
Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Lorca Morello of counsel), for appellant. Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Nancy Killian of counsel), for respondent.
Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Lorca Morello of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Nancy Killian of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (John S. Moore, J.), entered December 15, 2010, which, upon granting defendant's motion for reargument and rehearing to the extent of conducting a rehearing of his risk level determination, adhered to its prior order entered on or about August 10, 2010, adjudicating defendant a level three sexually violent offender pursuant to the Sexual Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art. 6–C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Regardless of whether defendant's correct point score is 145 or, as he claims, 125 points, we find no basis for a downward departure (see People v. Gillotti, 23 N.Y.3d 841, 994 N.Y.S.2d 1, 18 N.E.3d 701 [2014] ). The mitigating factors cited by defendant, including scientific and medical evidence, were outweighed by the seriousness of the underlying sexual offense.
TOM, J.P., ACOSTA, RICHTER, MANZANET–DANIELS, KAHN, JJ., concur.