Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2016

People v. Williams

People v. Williams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 22, 2016 · Mazzarelli, Sweeny, Andrias, Webber, Gesmer
2016 NY Slip Op 7842; 144 A.D.3d 548; 40 N.Y.S.3d 899
People v. Williams

Opinion

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Raymond L. Bruce, J.), entered March 25, 2015, which adjudicated defendant a level two sexually violent offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*549 The court properly assessed 30 points for defendant’s prior violent felony conviction, notwithstanding its remoteness in time (see People v Oginski, 35 AD3d 952, 953 [3d Dept 2006]). In any event, even without those points defendant remains a level two offender, and we find no basis for a downward departure (see generally People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841 [2014]). The egregiousness of the underlying crime against a child, and the evidence of predatory sexual misconduct against other children, outweigh the mitigating factors cited by defendant.

Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P., Sweeny, Andrias, Webber and Gesmer, JJ.

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