Opinion
15891 Ind. No. 5644/14 Case No. 2017-2306
05-05-2022
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Giscard DEJEAN, Defendant–Appellant.
Janet E. Sabel, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Pauline Syrnik of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Catherine Marotta of counsel), for respondent.
Janet E. Sabel, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Pauline Syrnik of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Catherine Marotta of counsel), for respondent.
Gische, J.P., Kern, Oing, Gonza´lez, Scarpulla, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Melissa C. Jackson, J.), entered on or about August 17, 2016, which adjudicated defendant a level three sexually violent offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6–C), unanimously affirmed, without costs. The court correctly assessed defendant 30 and 10 points, respectively, under the risk factors for prior sex crime and recency of prior sex crime, based on his prior conviction of forcible touching, in violation of Penal Law § 130.52. That crime is a misdemeanor sex crime for purposes of these risk factors (see People v. Garcia, 192 A.D.3d 833, 833, 139 N.Y.S.3d 858 [2d Dept. 2021], lv denied 37 N.Y.3d 910, 2021 WL 4188818 [2021] ), notwithstanding that it is not a registrable sex offense.
The court properly exercised its discretion when it declined to grant a downward departure (see People v. Gillotti, 23 N.Y.3d 841, 994 N.Y.S.2d 1, 18 N.E.3d 701 [2014] ).