Opinion
2012-03-13
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Troy JACKSON, Defendant–Appellant.
Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Svetlana M. Kornfeind of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Yuval Simchi–Levi of counsel), for respondent.
Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Svetlana M. Kornfeind of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Yuval Simchi–Levi of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Arlene D. Goldberg, J.), entered on or about June 15, 2009, which adjudicated defendant a level two sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6–C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly exercised its discretion when it declined to grant a downward departure to risk level one ( see People v. Mingo, 12 N.Y.3d 563, 568 n. 2, 883 N.Y.S.2d 154, 910 N.E.2d 983 [2009]; People v. Johnson, 11 N.Y.3d 416, 421, 872 N.Y.S.2d 379, 900 N.E.2d 930 [2008] ). Defendant did not demonstrate any mitigating factors not taken into account by the risk assessment instrument that would warrant a downward departure. Furthermore, the mitigating factors cited by defendant were outweighed by the seriousness of the underlying sex offense, as well as defendant's criminal history.