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People v. Vives

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 16, 2008
57 A.D.3d 312 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)

Opinion

No. 4824.

December 16, 2008.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael J. Obus, J.), entered on or about March 15, 2007, which adjudicated defendant a level three sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

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

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Susan Gliner of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Andrias, J.P., Nardelli, Sweeny, DeGrasse and Freedman, JJ.


The record supports the court's discretionary upward departure to a level three sex offender adjudication. There was ample evidence to support aggravating factors not adequately accounted for in the risk assessment instrument ( see e.g. People v O'Flaherty, 23 AD3d 237, lv denied 6 NY3d 705), and there was no improper double counting. These aggravating factors demonstrated that defendant is a dangerous pedophile with a grave risk of reoffending, notwithstanding his conclusory claims of having been rehabilitated during his incarceration.


Summaries of

People v. Vives

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Dec 16, 2008
57 A.D.3d 312 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
Case details for

People v. Vives

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DANIEL VIVES, Appellant

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

Date published: Dec 16, 2008

Citations

57 A.D.3d 312 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)
2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 9829
872 N.Y.S.2d 1

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