People v. Bruno

<div>People v Bruno - 2026 NY Slip Op 02291

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<nav> <ol> <li>Home</li> <li>All Court Decisions</li> <li>Decisions</li> </ol> </nav> <div> <div> <h1>People v Bruno</h1> <p>2026 NY Slip Op 02291</p> <p>April 15, 2026</p> <p>Appellate Division, Second Department</p> <p>Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.</p> <p>This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.</p> </div> <div> <p>The People of the State of New York, respondent,</p> <p>v</p> <p>Herbert Bruno, appellant.</p> </div> <p>Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department</p> <p>Decided on April 15, 2026</p> <p>2023-04453</p> <p>Angela G. Iannacci, J.P.</p> <p>Deborah A. Dowling</p> <p>Lourdes M. Ventura</p> <p>Donna-Marie E. Golia, JJ.</p> <div> <p>Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Sam Feldman of counsel), for appellant.</p> <p>Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove, Morgan J. Dennehy, and Daniel Berman of counsel), for respondent.</p> </div> <span>[*1]</span> <p>DECISION &amp; ORDER</p> <p>Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jane Tully, J.), dated March 31, 2023, which, after a hearing, designated him a level one sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.</p> <p>ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.</p> <p>The defendant was convicted, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted promoting prostitution in the second degree in connection with his conduct of serving as a driver for his codefendant and the 17-year-old complainant. The codefendant arranged for the complainant to have sexual intercourse with men in exchange for money, with the defendant receiving a fee for providing transportation for the complainant and the codefendant. Following a hearing pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) (<i>see</i> Correction Law art 6-C), the Supreme Court designated the defendant a level one sex offender. The defendant appeals.</p> <p>The defendant's contention that SORA is unconstitutional as applied to him is without merit (<i>see</i> <i>People v Knox</i>, 12 NY3d 60; <i>People v Douglas</i>, 189 AD3d 1276; <i>People v Suarez</i>, 147 AD3d 802).</p> <p>IANNACCI, J.P., DOWLING, VENTURA and GOLIA, JJ., concur.</p> <p>ENTER:</p> <p>Darrell M. Joseph</p> <p>Clerk of the Court</p> </div>

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