Opinion
06-08-2017
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Anthony BEAKER, Defendant–Appellant.
Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Adrienne M. Gantt of counsel), for appellant. Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Peter D. Coddington of counsel), for respondent.
Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Adrienne M. Gantt of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Peter D. Coddington of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven L. Barrett, J.), entered February 13, 2014, which adjudicated defendant a level three sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art. 6–C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly assessed 15 points under the risk factor for drug or alcohol abuse, based on the presentence report regarding an earlier conviction and information in the case summary (see e.g. People v. Johnson, 77 A.D.3d 548, 909 N.Y.S.2d 716 [1st Dept.2010], lv. denied 16 N.Y.3d 705, 2011 WL 536611 [2011] ). In any event, regardless of whether defendant's correct point score is 130 or 115 points, he remains a level three offender, and 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 fact that defendant has been deported is not an appropriate basis for such a departure (see e.g. People v. Zepeda, 124 A.D.3d 417, 997 N.Y.S.2d 626 [1st Dept.2015], lv. denied 25 N.Y.3d 902, 2015 WL 1423460 [2015] ).
FRIEDMAN, J.P., GISCHE, KAPNICK, KAHN, GESMER, JJ., concur.