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People v. Myles

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Feb 15, 2022
202 A.D.3d 549 (N.Y. App. Div. 2022)

Opinion

15313 Ind. No. 99031/17 Case No. 2017–03181

02-15-2022

The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert MYLES, Defendant–Appellant.

Janet E. Sabel, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Lorca Morello of counsel), for appellant. Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Shane Magnetti of counsel), for respondent.


Janet E. Sabel, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Lorca Morello of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Shane Magnetti of counsel), for respondent.

Kern, J.P., Oing, Singh, Moulton, Gonza´lez, JJ.

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Raymond L. Bruce, J.), entered on or about September 15, 2017, 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 assessed points under factors 3 and 7, because the children depicted in the pornography possessed by defendant constituted multiple victims, and because they were strangers to defendant (see People v. Gillotti, 23 N.Y.3d 841, 854–860, 994 N.Y.S.2d 1, 18 N.E.3d 701 [2014] ; People v. Labarbera, 140 A.D.3d 463, 464, 37 N.Y.S.3d 2 [1st Dept. 2016], lv denied 28 N.Y.3d 902, 2016 WL 4742524 [2016] ). The court also providently exercised its discretion in declining to grant a downward departure (see Gillotti, 23 N.Y.3d at 861, 994 N.Y.S.2d 1, 18 N.E.3d 701 ). The mitigating factors identified by defendant were either already taken into account by the risk assessment instrument or were outweighed by the seriousness and extent of the offense and by circumstances such as that defendant continued to possess child pornography even after being warned against it and undergoing therapy.


Summaries of

People v. Myles

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
Feb 15, 2022
202 A.D.3d 549 (N.Y. App. Div. 2022)
Case details for

People v. Myles

Case Details

Full title:The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert MYLES…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

Date published: Feb 15, 2022

Citations

202 A.D.3d 549 (N.Y. App. Div. 2022)
159 N.Y.S.3d 667

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