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State v. Shattuck

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 2, 2007
37 A.D.3d 1041 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. KA 05-01802.

February 2, 2007.

Appeal from an order of the Monroe County Court (Frank E Geraci, Jr., J.), entered June 20, 2005. The order determined that defendant is a level three risk pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act.

EDWARD J. NOWAK, PUBLIC DEFENDER, ROCHESTER (JAMES ECKERT OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

GEORGE SHATTUCK, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT PRO SE.

MICHAEL C. GREEN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ROCHESTER (MARGARET A. JONES OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

Present Scudder, P.J., Hurlbutt, Gorski, Centra and Lunn, JJ.


It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

Defendant contends in his main brief and his pro se supplemental brief that County Court erred in determining that he is a level three risk pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law § 168 et seq.). We reject that contention. The court's upward departure from the presumptive risk level is supported by clear and convincing evidence ( see § 168-n [3]; People v Auld, 24 AD3d 1249, lv denied 6 NY3d 711; People v Heichel, 20 AD3d 934, 935). "If the risk of a repeat offense is high and there is a threat to the public safety, a level three designation is appropriate" ( Heichel, 20 AD3d at 935). Here, an upward departure was warranted based upon defendant's prior sex offenses and history of substance abuse, which together indicated that defendant had a high risk to reoffend that was not adequately taken into account in the risk assessment instrument ( see People v Bottisti, 285 AD2d 841, 842).


Summaries of

State v. Shattuck

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Feb 2, 2007
37 A.D.3d 1041 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

State v. Shattuck

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GEORGE SHATTUCK…

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

Date published: Feb 2, 2007

Citations

37 A.D.3d 1041 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 746
828 N.Y.S.2d 744

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