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People v. Thompson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 16, 2009
61 A.D.3d 519 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)

Opinion

No. 335.

April 16, 2009.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), entered on or about May 2, 2005, which adjudicated defendant a level three sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Desiree Sheridan of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Patricia Curran of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Gonzalez, P.J., Nardelli, Catterson, Moskowitz and Renwick, JJ.


The People met their burden of establishing, by clear and convincing evidence, risk factors bearing sufficient total points to support a level three sex offender adjudication. These risk factors were properly established through reliable documentary evidence ( see e.g. People v Conway, 47 AD3d 492, lv denied 10 NY3d 708). The court's assessment of points under the acceptance of responsibility and conduct while confined factors was appropriate, since defendant's purported acceptance of responsibility or attempts to do so were not genuine, and since he engaged in sexually inappropriate behavior while incarcerated. We have considered and rejected defendant's remaining claims.


Summaries of

People v. Thompson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 16, 2009
61 A.D.3d 519 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
Case details for

People v. Thompson

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HAMILTON THOMPSON…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Apr 16, 2009

Citations

61 A.D.3d 519 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009)
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 2892
875 N.Y.S.2d 897